Return to the 36th Chamber

About Return to the 36th Chamber

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.

Return to the 36th Chamber (1980) is a comedy film directed by Lau Kar-leung. At 101 minutes long, it arrived in August 1980.

Gordon Liu takes the lead as Chou Chun Chi, Kara Wai Ying-Hung as Hsiao Hung, Hsiao Ho as Ah Chao, and Wong Ching-Ho as Uncle Li. Written by Ni Kuang.

Shelv files it under shaolin kung fu and martial arts. It streams on ARROW and Hi-YAH in the United States.

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin and Shaolin make useful companions to Return to the 36th Chamber. It scores 6.8 out of 10 from 252 TMDB voters.