The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
- Gordon Liu: San Te
- Lo Lieh: General Tien
- Liu Chia Yung: General Yin
- Norman Chu Liu Tsai
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (Chinese少林 三 十六 房, Pinyin Shao Lín sān shí liù fáng ) is a native of Hong Kong martial arts film from the year 1978.
Content
China during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 ). The Manchus ( in German resynchronization they are called Tatars ) dominate and enslave the people with an iron hand. A young student named Liu Yu Te observed the terrible deeds and joins the rebels. But these are quickly detected and extinguished by the government, including the father of Liu Yu Te. Only Liu Yu Te escapes and decides to go to Shaolin to learn the famous Shaolin Kung Fu.
In the Shaolin Monastery arrived, he has to learn Kung Fu, through 35 chambers. In each chamber a certain aspect of Kung Fu is trained, and only those who pass the test of the chamber may ascend into the next chamber. Liu Yu Te creates this in a considerable time and is at the end of the 35 chambers a trained Shaolin fighters. He wishes the 35 chambers add a 36, which allows not to train members of the monastery. He wants to give the oppressed people the opportunity to defend themselves against the tyranny.
He is ordered to collect donations because his idea of the 36th Chamber of the principles of the Shaolin Monastery, not to interfere in the affairs of other contrary. He breaks with the requirement that the Shaolin Kung Fu may only be used to defend the monastery and takes revenge on the killers of his father. In the end, he has presided over the eponymous 36th Chamber of Shaolin.
Reviews
" Perfectly staged martial arts movie, which also comments on the Chinese domestic politics of the late 70s to offer besides insights into the philosophy of kung fu. Remarkably by the beginnings of a problematization within the genre. "