- HD 1080
- Runtime: 101m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: zh
- Country: Hong Kong
- Director: Lau Kar-Leung
- Stars: Gordon Liu Chia-Hui, Kara Wai Ying-Hung, Hsiao Ho, Wong Ching-Ho, Wa Lun
- keywords: martial arts, shaolin kung fu
- Production_studio: Shaw Brothers
- Slogan: Back for the rest!
- providers: Hi-YAH, ARROW
- The Return to the 36th Chamber is featured in the top rankings of 1980
- #22 in Top Comedy Movies of 1980
- #11 in Top Action Movies of 1980
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.