The Malaysian/Singapore Connection

The Singapore/Malaysian Connection (slowly being constructed)

A list of Filipino films and filmmakers associated with Singapore and Malaya/Malaysia. Films marked with an * are already in digital form in the Bamboo Gods Collection

1955 - Elephant Girl (dir. Eddie Infante)

*1957 - Badjao (Singapore/Filipino co-production filmed in the Philippines; dir. Lamberto V. Avellana)

*1957 -  Taufan/“Typhoon” (dir. T.C. Santos)

*1958 - Sergeant Hussain (dir. Lamberto V. Avellana) 

*1958 - Azimat/"Talisman"/Tatak Ni Solomon: Seal Of Solomon (dir. Rolf Bayer) 

1959 - Black Gold (dir. Rolf Bayer; produced by Shaw Brothers for the Chinese market, filmed in Singapore and Malaya)

Ramon Estella's films shot in Singapore and Malaya: 

*1957 / Kembali Saorang / One Came Back / Ramon Estella / Malay Film Productions

*1958 / Anak Pontianak / Son of Pontianak / Ramon Estella / Malay Film Productions

*1958 / Matahari/ The Rape of Malaya / Ramon Estella / Malay Film Productions

*1959 / Saudagar Minyak Urat / Love Crazy / Ramon Estella / Malay Film Productions

*1959 / Samseng / Gangster / Ramon Estella / Malay Film Productions

1963 / Raja Bersiong / King of Dracula / Ramon Estella / Cathay-Keris

*1963 / Darah-Ku / My Blood / Ramon Estella / Maria Menado Productions, Cathay-Keris

*1963 / Bunga Tanjong / Cape of Flowers / Ramon Estella/ Maria Menado Productions, Cathay-Keris

1964 / Pontianak Kembali / The Pontianak Returns / Ramon Estella / Maria Menado Productions, Cathay-Keris

1964 / Melanchong ka-Tokyo / Holiday in Tokyo / Ramon Estella / Malay Film Productions

*1964 / Dupa Chendana / The Enchanted Island / Ramon Estella / Malay Film Productions

*1965 / Pusaka Pontianak / The Accursed Heritage / Ramon Estella / Malay Film Productions

1965 - Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore (Shaw Brothers)

1975 - Interpol Malaysia Five (Jun Aristorenas and Sarimah)

*1976 - The Bionic Boy (produced by Bobby A. Suarez)

*1977 - They Call Her Cleopatra Wong (dir. Bobby A. Suarez)

*1978 - Dynamite Johnson (dir. Bobby A. Suarez) 

1978 - Code-Name: The Destroyers and Queen Cobra, two of Bobby A. Suarez's unfinished projects, partly filmed in Malaysia with Marrie Lee 

Sunny Lee's association with Davian International

c.1996 - Phillip Ko's co-productions with Malaysia's HVD Entertainment: Bad Blood (1996), Desperate Hours (1997), Nightmare Honeymoon (1998), The Resort Murders (1998), and Murder On The Menu (1998)