Movie
Return to the 36th Chamber
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1980-08-24
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Shaw Brothers
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Original language
- ZH
Cast
- 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
- Sek Gong as Boss Wang's Thug
- Kwon Yeong-Moon as Chuan Min
- Yeung Ching-Ching as Hsiao Ting
- Johnny Wang Lung-Wei as Boss Wang Kao Feng
Crew
- Lau Kar-leung - Director
- Ni Kuang - Screenplay
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