Return to the 36th Chamber
1980 · Movie · 101 min · ★ 6.9
After a factory owner slashes wages and hires enforcers to pressure workers, a desperate scheme to fight back goes badly wrong. Wracked with guilt, a young performer sets out to earn real martial-arts training at a legendary temple, hoping to make things right and help the people he failed.
Also known as Return of the Master Killer · Master Killer II
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Details
- Original title
- 少林搭棚大師
- Years
- 1980
- Release date
- 1980-08-24
- Language
- Chinese
- Runtime
- 101 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (246 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a scrappy underdog story with training, payback, and plenty of martial-arts fun, like Heroes of the East or Dirty Ho; Not for you if you dislike slapstick and straightforward plots.
Pros: underdog training journey; lively martial-arts action; working-class stakes | Cons: broad comedy moments; simple villains; some repetitive beats
Themes
- martial arts
- shaolin kung fu
Cast & crew
Gordon Liu Chia-Hui
as Chou Chun Chi
Kara Hui Ying-Hung
as Hsiao Hung
Hsiao Ho
as Ah Chao
Wong Ching-Ho
as Uncle Li
Wa Lun
as Chou Shih Sheng
King Lee King-Chu
as Monk San Te
Yau Chui-Ling
as Worker
Chen Szu-Chia
as Ah Fen
- SG
Sek Gong
as Boss Wang's Thug
Kwon Yeong-Moon
as Chuan Min
Directed by Lau Kar-Leung