Bomba (genre)

Bomba was a Filipino film genre, characterized by its gratuitous use of sex scenes.

[1] It was most popular in the late 1960s, and was a focal point of cultural debates around sex and sexuality.

Bomba emerged as a genre of film in the Philippines in the late 1960s.

Bomba films featured nudity, albeit not full-frontal nudity, as well as simulated sex scenes that were often tangential to the plot.

[2] Despite their sexual content, bomba films were a mainstream phenomenon in the Philippines, and actresses associated with the genre, referred to as "bomba stars", appeared frequently in mainstream media.