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Return to the 36th Chamber

Return to the 36th Chamber

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 24, 1980

Runtime

1h 41m

Genres

Action, Comedy

User Score

68%

Original Title

少林搭棚大師

Production Companies

Shaw Brothers

Director

Lau Kar-leung

Description

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.