Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)

Original title

少林搭棚大師

Directed by

Lau Kar-leung

Genre

comedy film, action film, martial arts film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

18

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 248 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man impersonates a Shaolin monk to teach workers how to defend themselves from local factory bosses. His deception leads to a series of comedic training sequences and fights.

comediclight-heartedplayfulenergeticunderdog storywhimsicalfunaction-packed

What happens

Return to the 36th Chamber (少林搭棚大師, Shao Lin ta peng hsiao tzu, Return of the Master Killer or Master Killer II) is a 1980 Shaw Brothers Studio Hong Kong martial arts comedy film starring Gordon Liu. It was directed by Lau Kar-leung and written by Ni Kuang. The film is the second in a loosely connected trilogy, following The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) and preceding Disciples of the 36th Chamber (1985). In the first and third films in the series, Liu portrays the Shaolin monk San Te, but in Return, he portrays an imposter monk. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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