Dugong Buhay

Carlo J. Caparas' Dugong Buhay (Lit. Living Blood) is a

 Philippinetelevision drama based on the 1983 film

of the same name, starring ex-Senator Ramon Revilla

and Sen. Bong Revilla, courtesy of Imus Productions

 and Viva Films. It is aired by ABS-CBN on April 8,

 2013 replacing PHR: Paraiso, starring Ejay Falcon

and Arjo Atayde. It is the third television drama

in the Philippines made by ABS-CBN to be filmed

and broadcast in high definition.^[

Story

It all started with the de Lara family and the Bernabe

 family. Enrique de Lara (Ahron Villena) got married

to Isabel de Lara (Yen Santos). They were wealthy

and lived in an old small house with maids in it.

One of the special maids is Elena Pineda (Jamilla Obispo).

When Isabel gave birth to her family's first child,

 they named it Gabriel (Ejay Falcon). Isabel then

bought a Christian cross as a sign of Gabriel.

The show's main antagonist, Simon Bernabe

(Noni Buencamino), sets a fire to burn the house

 of the de Lara family. Everyone in the house was

able to evade, but Gabriel was still in there.

 Firetrucks and ambulances looked in the house

 and couldn't find the body of Gabriel since one

 of their servants, Elena took him with her to her own home.

Simon and Elena then takes care of Gabriel and

names him Victor. The de Lara family thought that their son is dead.

Isabel gave birth to their second child and named

 it Rafael (Arjo Atayde). The de Lara family then

 moved to a newer and bigger house and lived

with Enrique's father, Alex de Lara (Ronnie Quizon).

 Victor then continued his childhood. Elena

 brought him to the de Lara house to play with Rafael.

Victor then throws an RC Airplane toy and Alex

grabs him and gets mad at him harshly until

 Isabel tells Alex to stop. Elena witnessed (sneaking

through the front gate) how he reacted at Victor.

Back with the Bernabe family, Simon trains

Victor how to hike in such dangerous areas.

 Victor then falls down in which causes his head to bleed.

       

Cast and Characters

Main Cast

• Ejay Falcon as Victor Bernabe / Gabriel de Lara
• Arjo Atayde as Rafael de Lara

Supporting Cast

• Noni Buencamino as Simon Bernabe
• Lito Pimentel as Pablo de Guzman
• Christian Vasquez as Enrique de Lara
• Ana Capri as Elena Pineda
• Sunshine Cruz as Isabel de Lara
• Ronnie Quizon as Alex de Lara
• Ketchup Eusebio as Christopher "Tope" Bukid
• Yam Concepcion as Sandy de Guzman
• Jed Montero as Patricia "Trisha" Gonzales

Guest Cast[edit]

• Rolando Innocencio as Santi del Mundo
• Johan Santos as Paco
• Levi Ignacio as Police Insp. Suarez

Special Participation[edit]

• Maliksi Morales as young Simon
• Carlo Aquino as young adult Simon
• Cajo Gomez as young Enrique
• Ahron Villena as young adult Enrique
• Pen Medina as Armando Bernabe
• Arthur Acuña as Ramon de Lara
• Valerie Concepcion as Dolores "Dolor" Bernabe
• Santino Espinoza as Julian Bernabe
• Jamilla Obispo as young Elena
• Yen Santos as young Isabel
• Lui Villaruz as young Pablo
• Nico Antonio as young Alex
• Brenna Garcia as young Trisha
• John Vincent Servilla as young Gabriel/Victor
• Justin Navarro as young Rafael