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Excellent
MASTER SCORE 77.0 / 100
1980·Action / Comedy·1h 39m

RETURN TO THE 36TH CHAMBER

“Back for the rest!”

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.

Above the Line
Chia-Liang Liu·DirectorNi Kuang·ScreenplayPeter Ngor Chi-Kwan·Director of PhotographyEddie H. Wang Chi-Ren·Original Music ComposerLee Yim-Hoi·Editor
Cast
Gordon Liu Chia-Hui·Chou Chun ChiKara Hui Ying-Hung·Hsiao HungHsiao Ho·Ah ChaoWong Ching-Ho·Uncle LiWa Lun·Chou Shih ShengKing Lee King-Chu·Monk San TeYau Chui-Ling·WorkerChen Szu-Chia·Ah FenSek Gong·Boss Wang's ThugKwon Yeong-Moon·Chuan Min
Full Crew
(21 credits)
Directing· 4
Lau Kar-Leung·DirectorHuang Pa-Ching·Assistant DirectorLee Tai-Hang·Assistant DirectorChoi Yu-Kuen·Script Supervisor
Writing· 1
Ni Kuang·Screenplay
Camera· 1
Peter Ngor Chi-Kwan·Director of Photography
Editing· 2
Lee Yim-Hoi·EditorChiang Hsing-Lung·Editor
Sound & Music· 2
Eddie H. Wang Chi-Ren·Original Music ComposerTsui Ping-Kwong·Sound Recordist
Art & Design· 4
Liu Chi-Yu·Costume DesignJohnson Tsao Chuang-Sheng·Art DirectionWu Hsu-Ching·Makeup ArtistLai Yu·Props
Production· 2
Run Run Shaw·ProducerMona Fong Yat-Wah·Production Manager
Other Departments· 5
Lau Kar-Leung·Martial Arts ChoreographerYuen Teng-Bong·Lighting TechnicianChan Fen·Lighting TechnicianPeng Yen-Lien·HairstylistO Yeong-gwon·Lighting Director
By the Numbers
77.0
OF 100
Master Score
6.9
OF 10
IMDb
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CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
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Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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