The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)

Original title

少林三十六房

Directed by

Lau Kar-leung

Genre

action film, martial arts film, historical film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

R

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 503 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man trains at a Shaolin temple to master kung fu and fight against Manchu oppressors. The story follows his journey through different chambers of learning, each teaching a new skill.

episodicdisciplinedmeditativedeterminedold-schoolintenseinstructivepurposeful

What happens

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (Chinese: 少林三十六房, also released as The Master Killer and Shaolin Master Killer) is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts film produced by Shaw Brothers Studio, directed by Lau Kar-leung from a screenplay written by Ni Kuang, starring Gordon Liu and Lo Lieh. The film follows a highly fictionalized version of San Te (Liu), a legendary Shaolin martial arts disciple, who lived in the Qing dynasty during the 17th-century. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin is widely considered to be one of the greatest kung fu films and a turning point in its director's and star's careers. It was followed by Return to the 36th Chamber (1980), which was more comedic in presentation and featured Gordon Liu as the new main character with another actor in the smaller role of San Te, and Disciples of the 36th Chamber (1985). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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