| Tonyong Bayawak | |
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| Based on | Tonyong Bayawak (1979) by Jose Yandoc |
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| Starring | Coco Martin |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original language | Filipino |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Executive producer | Emilio E. Siojo |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production companies | Dreamscape Entertainment Television CCM Creatives |
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| Network | ABS-CBN |
| Release | March 6 (2010-03-06) – May 29, 2010 (2010-05-29) |
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Tonyong Bayawak (lit. 'Tonyo theWater monitor') is aPhilippine television dramafantasy series broadcast byABS-CBN. This series is based on the 1979 Philippine film at the same title, the series is the third installment ofAgimat: Ang Mga Alamat ni Ramon Revilla. Director by Jon Red and Dondon S. Santos, it starsCoco Martin. It aired on the network's Yes Weekend! line up from March 6, 2010 to May 29, 2010, replacingAgimat: Ang Mga Alamat ni Ramon Revilla:Pepeng Agimat and was replaced byAgimat: Ang Mga Alamat ni Ramon Revilla:Elias Paniki.[1][2][3][4]
Agimat: Ang mga Alamat ni Ramon Revilla presents Tonyong Bayawak is aTV adaptation of the 1979 filmTonyong Bayawak ("Tonyo the Lizard") which starredRamon Revilla Sr. as the titular Tonyong Bayawak. In the film, Tonyo gains invincibility after killing a golden wild boar in the forest which also rendered him cursed, as his head transforms into that of a wild boar whenever he gets enraged.[5]
It also starredBoots Anson-Roa,Rosemarie Gil, andPaquito Diaz. The film was directed by Jose Yandoc.
Tonyo Dela Cruz (Coco Martin) is a responsible father who hunts monitor lizards for a living. One night, he was out hunting when he saw a band of men sexually assaulting a woman. He tries his best to save the woman, and the woman manages to escape but Tonyo gets stabbed to death by the assailants. They then dispose of Tonyo's body in the river, thinking he was already dead. Just then, a fairy appeared and granted a privilege to Tonyo that changed his life forever - the fairy chose him to take possession of theAgimat (amulet). The trinket took the form of a belt buckle that gives him the abilities and instincts of a monitor lizard (bayawak), transforming his arms into a reptilian's and granting him superhuman abilities. He then takes revenge on the men by slaughtering them one-by-one.
Tonyo's wife Maring was assaulted by the same syndicate Tonyo encountered in the forest, she was sexually assaulted by the leader and her skull accidentally crushed. Tonyo, after finding out about this, gets enraged and tries his best to track down the syndicate responsible for his wife's death.
Reruns of the show's episodes aired onJeepney TV in March 2018 as part of the spotlight on Coco Martin asJTV Icon of the Month.[6]