Return to the 36th Chamber
“Back for the rest!”
1980•18•1h 41m•6.9•Released
ActionComedy
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.
Director
Lau Kar-leung
Writer
Ni Kuang
Languages
Cantonese, Mandarin
Studio
Shaw Brothers
Cast
Gordon Liu Chia-Hui
Chou Chun Chi
Kara Hui 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
Chiang Tao
Chief Ma
Jang Il-Do
Yuen Li Hou
San Sin
Monk with Diarrhea
Production
Company
Shaw Brothers
Producer
Run Run Shaw
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