1. Plot

2. Cast

3. Production

4. Incarnations of Ang Panday
    Dugo ng Panday  Plot  Hiwaga ng Panday  Plot 

5. Awards

6. References

Ang Panday (The Blacksmith) (1980) is a popular Filipino action-fantasy film starring Fernando Poe, Jr.. The movie is based on the fictional comics character of the same name, which was created by Carlo J. Caparas and illustrated by Steve Gan.

The movie was followed by three other sequels, also featuring Poe as Flavio, namely Ang Pagbabalik ng Panday (1981), Ang Panday: Ikatlong Yugto (1982) and Ang Panday IV: Ika-Apat na Aklat (1984). All four films were shown during Metro Manila Film Festival.

An animation TV series, dubbed as the first full-length Filipino animation series, was shown in RPN 9 during the mid-1980s. It was patterned after the storyline of the first movie.

Plot

Flavio (Fernando Poe, Jr.) is a "Panday" (or blacksmith) whose village and land are under the reign of the tyrant Lizardo (Max Alvarado). Flavio is forced to brand innocent children every night with Lizardo's mark by the head of Lizardo's men in the village, Pilo (Paquito Diaz).

One day, Flavio's predecessor as Panday, Tata Temyong (Lito Anzures) witnesses a meteorite landing and remembers a prophecy that states Lizardo can only be defeated by the powers of a magic weapon made from such an object. Flavio and Tata Temyong then use the meteorite and an old bell to create a magic dagger. After finishing the weapon Flavio hunts down Lizardo's men in the village, he brands them before setting off with Tata Temyong, his young apprentice Lando (Bentot Jr.), and Monica (Liz Alindogan), a woman he had saved from Lizardo's men, to free the land.

On their way to fight Lizardo, they come across a seaside hut that is home to one of Lizardo's henchmen, a wizard. Flavio defeats him, but soon afterward they are attacked by siyokoy (mermen) that are driven away when Flavio's dagger hums, and when Pilo arrives seeking revenge against Flavio, they attack him and his men instead. Later Flavio and his companions are attacked by zombies in a forest. Tata Temyong and Monica end up captured and brought to Lizardo's fortress by his men. Elsewhere Lando finds refuge in a hut haunted by a vampire, and after a chase, Flavio finds and defeats it with his dagger.

Lizardo later challenges Flavio to a duel, and brings Tata Temyong, Monica, and all his slaves to witness the battle. He first orders his men to attack Flavio, who, though vastly outnumbered, defeats them after his dagger transforms into a sword. Lizardo then faces Flavio himself, only to rapidly age every time Flavio hits him. Flavio ends the duel by stabbing Lizardo in the chest, who dies and fades away. With Lizardo defeated, Flavio leads his companions and the former slaves to freedom.

Cast

• Fernando Poe, Jr. as Flavio
• Max Alvarado as Lizardo
• Bentot Jr. as Lando
• Liz Alindogan as Monica
• Paquito Diaz as Pilo
• Lito Anzures as Tata Temio

Production

Shooting for the film was done in Ilocos Norte.^[1]

Incarnations of Ang Panday

After the original four films, two films followed which continued the storyline of the original series in the 1990s.

Dugo ng Panday

Dugo ng Panday (Blood of the Blacksmith) starred Bong Revilla, Jr. as the descendant of Flavio and Edu Manzano as the cyborg host of Lizardo, Konde. This film was shown in the early 1990s.

Plot

Centuries have passed and Flavio's descendant (his name is also Flavio) finds the balaraw and because of his pure heart, is able to draw it from the wall in which it is embedded. Meanwhile, Lizardo's brain has been resurrected by an alien cyborg. But eventually, the new Panday kills Lizardo's head and destroys its new host, Konde.

Hiwaga ng Panday

Hiwaga ng Panday (Magic of the Blacksmith) starred Jinggoy Estrada as Guiller, a gunsmith.

Plot

When the original Flavio died, his magic sword was thrust into a wall where only those with clean heart and noble intention can pull it out (much like the story of King Arthur). Guiller, an expert gunsmith and protector of the poor, meets Emily in the oddest of situations. Guiller became the new Panday after they have uncovered the balaraw of Panday. The sword is forged into a gun and it fires bullets and stun rays. It turns back to a sword when needed.

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