Monday, September 16, 2024

RETURN TO THE 36TH CHAMBER (1980)

 




















Directed by: Lau Kar-leung
Produced by: Mona FongRun Run Shaw
Starring: Gordon LiuKara HuiHsiao HoWong Ching-hoWa LunLee King-chueChan Si-gaaiKwan Yung-moonYeung Jing-jingJohnny Wang Lung-weiRadha RaviChang Yi-tao

99 minutes
(NR - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, martial arts violence)
Country of origin: China

PLOT:
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.

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