Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)

6.8/10 • 101 min • Action Comedy

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.

Cast

Gordon Liu

Chou Chun Chi

Kara Wai Ying-Hung

Hsiao Hung

Hsiao Ho

Ah Chao

Wong Ching-Ho

Uncle Li

Wa Lun

Chou Shih Sheng

King Lee King-Chu

Monk San Te

Yau Chui-Ling

Worker

Chen Szu-Chia

Ah Fen

Kwon Yeong-Moon

Chuan Min

Yeung Ching-Ching

Hsiao Ting

Johnny Wang Lung-Wei

Boss Wang Kao Feng

Chiang Tao

Chief Ma

Jang Il-Do

Yuen Li Hou

San Sin

Monk with Diarrhea

Jackson Ng Yuk-Sue

Boss Wang's Thug

Cheung Chok-Chow

Worker

Lam Hak-Ming

Boss Wang's Thug

Liu Hok-Ming

Boss Wang's Thug

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