Return to the 36th Chamber poster
Director Lau Kar-leung
Screenplay Ni Kuang

Return to the 36th Chamber

Original Title: 少林搭棚大師

Tagline: Back for the rest!

Release Date: 1980-08-24

Duration: 101 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Gordon Liu Chia-hui
    Chou Chun Chi
  • Johnny Wang Lung-Wei
    Boss Wang Kao Feng
  • Yeung Ching-Ching
    Hsiao Ting
  • Kara Hui Ying-Hung
    Hsiao Hung
  • Wong Ching-Ho
    Uncle Li
  • Chen Szu-Chia
    Ah Fen
  • Chang Seng-Kwong
    Thug
  • Cheung Chok-Chow
    Worker
  • Ailen Sit Chun-Wai
    Worker
  • Chiang Tao
    Chief Ma