The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Theatrical release poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese少林三十六房
Simplified Chinese少林三十六房
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShǎolín sānshíliù fáng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingSiu3 Lam4 saam1 sap6 luk6 fong4
Directed byLau Kar-leung
Written byI Kuang
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyHuang Yeh-tai
Edited by
  • Geung Hing Lung
  • Li Yen-Hai
Music byChen Yung-Yu
Distributed byShaw Brothers Studio
Release date
  • 2 February 1978 (2 February 1978)
Running time
115 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Hong Kong
  • China
Languages

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin[2] is a 1978 Hong Kong kung fu film directed by Lau Kar-leung and produced by Shaw Brothers, starring Gordon Liu. The film follows a highly fictionalized version of San Te, a legendary Shaolin martial arts disciple who trained under the general Chi Shan.

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin is widely considered to be one of the greatest kung fu films and a turning point in its director's and star's careers.[3][4][5] It was followed by Return to the 36th Chamber (1980), which was more comedic in presentation and featured Gordon Liu as the new main character with another actor in the smaller role of San Te, and Disciples of the 36th Chamber (1985).

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  2. ^ Also known as The Master Killer, Shaolin Master Killer and Shao Lin San Shi Liu Fang.
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