Return to the 36th Chamber

Return to the 36th Chamber

99 mins | Action | Aug. 24, 1980

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.

Return to the 36th Chamber

99 mins | Action | Aug. 24, 1980

Return to the 36th Chamber
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Shaw Brothers
Original title 少林搭棚大師
Directors Lau Kar-leung
Writers Ni Kuang

Cast

Gordon Liu Chia-hui

as Chou Chun Chi

Kara Hui

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

Chan Sze-Kai

as Ah Fen

Sek Gong

as Boss Wang's thug

Kwon Yeong-Moon

as Chuan Min

Johnny Wang Lung-Wei

as Boss Wang Kao Feng

Chiang Tao

as Chief Ma

Phillip Jang Il-Do

as Yuen Li Hou

San Sin

as Monk with diarrhea

Jackson Ng Yuk-Sue

as Boss Wang's thug

Ailen Sit Chun-Wai

as Worker

Gam Tin-Chue

as Worker

Yeung Ching-Ching

as Hsiao Ting

Szu-Chia Chen

as Mai Yin

Tsui Ling Yu

as Hsiao Ling