Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)
少林搭棚大師
"Back for the rest!"
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👍 81%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
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Cast
Gordon Liu as Chou Chun Chi
Kara Wai Ying-Hung as Hsiao Hung
Hsiao Ho as Ah Chao
Wong Ching-Ho as Uncle Li
Wa Lun as Chou Shih Sheng
King Lee King-Chu as Monk San Te
Yau Chui-Ling as Worker
Chen Szu-Chia as Ah Fen
Is Return to the 36th Chamber good?
Most people think so. 81% audience score, estimated from 252 TMDB ratings.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
