Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)

Shao Lin da peng da shi

Back for the rest!

99 min★ 6.9 · 4,668 votes

• Action
• Comedy

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.

Release date

August 24, 1980

Country of origin

Hong Kong SAR China