Return to the 36th Chamber

Original title: Shao Lin da peng da shi

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1h 39min

Chia-Hui Liu in Shao Lin da peng da shi (1980)

When thugs prey upon innocent factory workers, a small-time scammer trains for revenge by studying the moves of Shaolin temple monks.When thugs prey upon innocent factory workers, a small-time scammer trains for revenge by studying the moves of Shaolin temple monks.When thugs prey upon innocent factory workers, a small-time scammer trains for revenge by studying the moves of Shaolin temple monks.

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Lung-Wei Wang in Shao Lin da peng da shi (1980)

Kara Wai in Shao Lin da peng da shi (1980)

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. —Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>

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Trivia
Wu-Tang Clan member Ol' Dirty Bastard's debut album was titled after this movie, with adding "The Dirty Version" to the end. Ol' Dirty Bastard's album is titled "Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version".

Quotes
Boss Wang: What style of Kung Fu is this?
Chao Yen-Cheh: Roof-top Kung Fu!

Connections
Followed by Shao Lin zui ba quan (1981)

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7/10

Bring on the Kung-Fu

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.

Director Lau Kar-leung excels in this action-comedy. When I think Shaw Brothers kung fu, I think of Chang Cheh, which may be very narrow of me (I am still learning). But Lau is every bit as great, and in some ways maybe even greater, because although much of this looks like a Shaw action film, the comedy is excellent, clearly drawing on old-school American slapstick.

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