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Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)

Film · 1980 · 101 min · Action · Comedy

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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.

Directed by Lau Kar-leung

Starring Gordon Liu, Kara Wai Ying-Hung, Hsiao Ho, Wong Ching-Ho, Wa Lun, King Lee King-Chu, Yau Chui-Ling, Chen Szu-Chia

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First release anywhere24 August 1980

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