The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

Original title: Shao Lin san shi liu fang

1978
R
1h 56m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

19K

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Chia-Hui Liu in The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)

A man studies kung fu at the Shaolin Temple to fight back against the oppressive Manchu government.

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A man studies kung fu at the Shaolin Temple to fight back against the oppressive Manchu government.A man studies kung fu at the Shaolin Temple to fight back against the oppressive Manchu government.A man studies kung fu at the Shaolin Temple to fight back against the oppressive Manchu government.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

19K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Miller Six
(as Yu Wang)

Chia-Yung Liu

General Yin

Norman Chu

Lu Ah-Tsai
(as Shao-Chiang Hsu)

Yung Henry Yu

Hung Hsi-Kuan
(as Yang Yu)

Hung Wei

Teacher Ho

Lun Hua

Chang Hsiang-Yung

Szu-Chia Chen

Chen Yen-Ping

John Cheung

Lord Cheng
(as Wu-Liang Chang)

Wilson Tong

Tang San-Yao
(as Tang Wei-cheng)

Hang-Sheng Wu

Tung Chien-Jin

Hoi-Sang Lee

Abbot of Justice Office
(as Hai-Sheng Li)

Kwok-Choi Hon

Lin Chen
(as Kuo-Tsai Han)

Tung-Kua Ai

Abbot in charge of Head Chamber

Billy Chan

Soldier

Lung Chan

Abbot in charge of Staff Chamber

Shen Chan

Director of 'Wrists Chamber'

Director
- Chia-Liang Liu
Writer
- Kuang Ni
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Trivia
The movie won the Best Martial Arts Award at 24th Asian Film Festival and was the 1978 Top 10 Box Office Hits in Hong Kong.

Quotes
Senior monk: The wall may be low, but the Buddha is high.

Alternate versions
West German theatrical version was cut by ca. 30 minutes. Subsequent TV and VHS releases were cut as well. Only in 2004 the film was redubbed and released completely uncut on DVD by MiB.

Connections
Featured in Martial Arts Mayhem Vol. 2 (1998)

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Featured review

9/10

Worthy of a general

If you want to see some of the coolest Shaolin training sequences ever, check this one out. Gordon Liu always plays the best young Shaolin fighting monks (he's done it ALOT) and this is his great directing debut. This movie actually has a story to it. Although the hero wants to learn shaolin kung fu for direct revenge at first, his training causes him to seek a different path. During this path, he goes through alot of crazy funky training sequences. If you're a kung-fu fan who loves to see insane tests of skill, this is your movie. Plus, if you love this one, see "Shaolin and Wutang" with Gordon Liu and Adam Cheng.