Bamboo Gods and Iron Men

Bamboo Gods and Iron Men is a martial arts comedy set in the Philippines. It is considered a blaxploitation film.citation needed It was produced by American International Pictures.

James Iglehart plays AfricanAmerican prize fighter Cal Jefferson who is on a honeymoon holiday in Hong Kong with his new wife played by Shirley Washington. Cal comes across a drowning Chinese man whom he jumps in the sea to save. 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 gangs attention. The gang led by Kenneth Metcalfe will stop at nothing to retrieve the item. They leave Hong Kong for Manila, the Philippines and find themselves being attacked with the mute Chinese man coming to their assistance.

Source: Wikipedia