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Return to the 36th Chamber
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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.
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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.
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Cast
Gordon LiuChou Chun Chi
Kara Hui Ying-HungHsiao Hung
Hsiao HoAh Chao
Wong Ching-HoUncle Li
Wa LunChou Shih Sheng
King Lee King-ChuMonk San Te
Yau Chui-LingWorker
Chen Szu-ChiaAh FenCredits
- Directed by
- Lau Kar-leung
- Written by
- Ni Kuang
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Chinese
- Original title
- 少林搭棚大師
- Collection
- The 36th Chamber of Shaolin Collection
Production
Shaw BrothersHong Kong
Themes
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