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Rating: 7 stars

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All movies seen on 03/04/2023

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Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)

Directed by Liu Chia-Liang

Action | Drama | Comedy

Most recently watched by sleestakk

Overview

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.

Length 101 minutes

Actors

Gordon Liu Chia-Hui | Kara Hui | Hsiao Ho | Wong Ching-Ho | Wa Lun | King Lee King-Chue | Yau Chui-Ling | Szu-Chia Chen | Sek Gong | Kwan Yung-Moon | Yeung Ching-Ching | Johnny Wang Lung-Wei | Chiang Tao | Chang Yi-Tao | San Sin | Jackson Ng | Gam Sai-Yuk | Cheung Chok-Chow | Lam Hak-Ming | Liu Hok-Ming | Lee Fat-Yuen | Mak Wai-Cheung | Yeung Sai-Gwan | Lui Tat | Kei Ho-Chiu | Yeung Wah | Ho Kei-Cheong | To Wing-Leung | Huang Pa-Ching | Chui Chung-Hok | Wong Siu-Ming | Fong Yue | Ailen Sit | Chang Seng-Kwong | Gam Tin-Chue | Ho Bo-Sing | Chan Ming-Wai | Nam Wai | Man Ngai-Tik | Dang Wai-Ho | Leung Sam | Chu Kai | Wing-Hon Cheung | Yuen Shing-Chau | Lai Sing-Chiu | Chan Kwok-Keung | Hung San-Nam | Lai Kim-Hung | Ho Chi-Wai | Yeung Kim-Man

Viewing History (seen 3 times)

Viewing Notes

Fun to revisit this. Even now, Gordon Liu’s skills are so much more outstanding than his peers of the time.

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