Return to the 36th Chamber

Return to the 36th Chamber

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1980 · 101 min · ★ 6.8 · Action, Comedy

The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert from the temple of Shaolin. The factory owner proves the actor a fraud, and punishes all those involved. The young actor feels he has let the workers down, and promises to atone. He sets out for Shaolin, determined to be accepted as a kung-fu pupil at the elite temple.

Directed by Lau Kar-leung · Written by Ni Kuang

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Gordon Liu Chou Chun Chi
Kara Wai Ying-Hung Hsiao Hung
Hsiao Ho Ah Chao
Wong Ching-Ho Uncle Li
Wa Lun Chou Shih Sheng
King Lee King-Chu Monk San Te
Yau Chui-Ling Worker
Chen Szu-Chia Ah Fen
Sek Gong Boss Wang's Thug
Kwon Yeong-Moon Chuan Min
Yeung Ching-Ching Hsiao Ting
Johnny Wang Lung-Wei Boss Wang Kao Feng

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