The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
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| Traditional Chinese | 少林三十六房 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 少林三十六房 | ||||||||||
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| Directed by | Lau Kar-leung | ||||||||||
| Written by | Ni Kuang | ||||||||||
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| Cinematography | Huang Yeh-tai | ||||||||||
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| Music by | Chen Yung-Yu | ||||||||||
| Distributed by | Shaw Brothers Studio | ||||||||||
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Running time | 115 minutes | ||||||||||
| Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
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The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (Chinese: 少林三十六房, also released as The Master Killer and Shaolin Master Killer) is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts film produced by Shaw Brothers Studio, directed by Lau Kar-leung from a screenplay written by Ni Kuang, starring Gordon Liu and Lo Lieh. The film follows a highly fictionalized version of San Te (Liu), a legendary Shaolin martial arts disciple, who lived in the Qing dynasty during the 17th-century.
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. 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).