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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
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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)
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