Alamat ng 7 kilabot (Legend of the Seven Monsters) is a 1967 Filipino action film starring Fernando Poe Jr., Joseph Estrada, Jess Lapid, Bob Soler and Zaldy Zshornack. Set in the fictional town of San Diego, it follows seven treasure hunters battling a team of bandits to retake a town whose population has mistaken them for military forces, in a loose remake of the 1954 Akira Kurosawa film Seven Samurai.
Plot
Production The film was directed by Armando A. Herrera from a screenplay by Teodorico C. Santos and Fred Navarro, and was produced by Fernando Poe Jr. through his company FPJ Productions. It was released in 1967.
The film was the debut of Andy Poe, Fernando’s brother.
Reception Jio de Leon wrote that the film was "an all-star Expendables-type film before Stallone even made that a thing. It's a Filipino version of a Western, where seven cowboy-type dudes work together to find a treasure" admitting that "it tread[ed] the same water as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai or more specifically The Magnificent Seven (a remake of the Kurosawa film in itself)." See also Remakes of films by Akira Kurosawa
References
External links Alamat ng 7 kilabot on IMDb Alamat ng 7 kilabot on Letterboxd Production stills of the film