Bamboo Gods and Iron Men is a martial arts comedy set in the Philippines that by default comes under the Blaxploitation

Blaxploitation

Blaxploitation or blacksploitation is a film genre which emerged in the United States circa 1970. It is considered an ethnic sub-genre of the general category of exploitation films. Blaxploitation films were originally made specifically for an urban black audience, although the genre's audience...

 category. Produced by American International Pictures.
It also featured some of the Philippines most respected and famous actors, Chiquito, Vic Diaz and Eddie Garcia., a veteran of more than 339 films.

An interesting fact of this movie is that two of the people involved in it, actor and musician Tito Sotto and veteran actor Chiquito were to enter into politics in the Philippines. Tito Sotto later became a senator in the Philippines Congress and serve two terms in 1992 to 2004
. Chiquito would eventually become Vice-Mayor of Makati as well as well as seeking election as a senator in 1992.

Plot

James Iglehart plays a black American prize fighter Cal Jefferson who is on a honeymoon holiday with his new wife played by Shirley Washington. While on holiday in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

, they come across a drowning Chinese man, so Cal Jefferson jumps into the sea to save him. This now revived and very grateful mute man turns out to be someone they cannot get rid of. They finally get rid of him or so it seems. They purchase an item in Hong Kong which becomes the center of a gang's attention. The gang led by Kenneth Metcalfe will stop at nothing to retrieve the item. They leave Hong Kong for Manila

Manila

Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...

, the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 and find themselves being attacked with the mute Chinese man coming to their assistance.

Cast

• James Iglehart
  James Iglehart
  James Iglehart is a former American actor that appeared in a six films during the 1970s and was the leading actor in the 1973 blaxploitation film Savage!....
  
   ..... Cal Jefferson
• Shirley Washington
  Shirley Washington
  Shirley Washington was a television and film actress who appeared in television shows from 1970. She appeared in two episodes of Mission Impossible playing a Stewardess in the 1970 TV episode Flight and as a Travel Agent in the 1972 Tv episode The Puppet and as Maggie in a Wonder Woman TV episode,...
  
   ..... Mrs Jefferson (Arlene Jefferson)
• Chiquito ..... Charley
• Eddie Garcia
  Eddie García
  Eddie Garcia popularly known as Manoy is a Filipino film actor and film director.- Biography :...
  
   ..... Ambrose
• Ken Metcalfe
  Ken Metcalfe
  Ken Metcalfe is an actor who has acted in over 44 movies. Many of his films have been set in the Philippines.He is also a writer who has written for the following films, Dynamite Wong and TNT Jackson 1974, Bamboo Gods And Iron Men 1974, T.N.T. Jackson 1975, Firecracker aka The Naked Fist and...
  
   ..... Leonardo King
• Marissa Delgado
  Marissa Delgado
  Marissa Delgado is an actress from the Philippines. She was the first Filipina to pose nude in Playboy magazine.She won two awards in Philippine movies. Best Supporting Actres for Lumuha pati mga anghel 1971 , Till Death Do Us Part 1972...
  
   ..... Pandora
• Vic Diaz
  Vic Díaz
  Vic Díaz is a Filipino former character actor who mostly portrayed villains. He is also the father of Teddy Diaz, the founding guitarist of the Filipino Rock band The Dawn. He appeared in Jack Hill's women in prison exploitation film "The Big Bird Cage," shot in the Philippines...
  
  ..... Hotel clerk
• Joe Zucchero ..... Ivan Soroka
• Michael Boyet ..... Gunman
• Steve Alcarado
• Subas Herrero
• Leo Martinez
• Benny Pestano
• Boy Picate
• Robert Picate
• Robert Rivera
• Tony Uy
• Bonnie Kay Eddie