Return to the 36th Chamber

Return to the 36th Chamber , Shao Lin ta peng hsiao tzu, Return of the Master Killer or Master Killer II is a 1980 Shaw Brothers Studio Hong Kong martial arts comedy film starring Gordon Liu. It was directed by Lau KarLeung and written by Ni Kuang. The film is the second in a loosely connected trilogy, following The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin 1978 and preceding Disciples Of The 36th Chamber 1985. In the first and third films in the series, Liu portrays the Shaolin monk San Te, but in Return, he portrays an imposter monk.

Somewhat reluctantly, Jenchieh goes to work, but he is constantly distracted by the monks practicing martial arts in the training courtyard, which he can look into from his high vantage point. Eventually, he begins to train in kung fu by himself, using the conditions of his assignment to improvise training facilities. However, this causes him to lag behind in his work, and it takes him more than a year to finish the gantry. As soon as Jenchieh announces that he is finished, the abbot wants him to dismantle the structure and leave the monastery. Rebelling against this decision, Jenchieh lands in the training courtyard and while trying to evade the abbot chasing him, he inadvertently manages to pass all hazards set in the yard with ease. The abbot finally corners him and forces him to leave, but with a strange smile playing around his lips.Jenchieh returns to town to find that the conditions of the workers have worsened. Their salary has been cut by nearly half, and any who have protested had been laid off immediately. When some of the exworkers attack him, Jenchieh instinctively and to his own surprise fights them off with his newly acquired kung fu skills. The next morning, Jenchieh appears at the dye mill and thrashes the overseers, using bamboo fibers like he used when building the gantry to tie them up and incapacitate them and introducing his style as rooftop kung fu. ........

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