It is one of the two films to have starred Donnie Yen and Michelle Yeoh in the lead roles, the other being The Invincible (1978), which was also produced by the production company Golden Harvest.
The film earned Yen a nomination for the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor.
Plot
A Shaolin monk asks his guru to protect a group of orphans, which his master agrees to do. But, the boy's father kidnaps the orphans and takes them away. Shaolin Master Killer is sent to protect them. It's a dangerous job, but Shaolin Master Killer is successful and he even saves the orphans' life when one of them is accidentally killed. Later on, he is given a kung fu name, Shao Lin San Shi Liu Fang. He saves another boy, Dong Dong, from a thug, but he is not aware that Dong Dong is the son of the man he killed earlier. To keep from getting captured, Shao Lin San Shi Liu Fang breaks into the house and kills the thug. Shao Lin San Shi Liu Fang stops a gang from capturing another orphan. He is injured when a shot from a gun is fired at him. He falls into a river. The orphans stay on the ship until they arrive at the orphanage.
Cast
Donnie Yen as Shao Lin San Shi Liu Fang
Michelle Yeoh as Niki Chow
Philip Kwok as Fong
Lo Lieh as Master Han
Yang Chien-jen as Yeung Ying Yung
Hwang Chung as Little Kang
Ling-ling as Niki's mother
Wong Chun-ping as Niki's father
Fong Ching as Niki's grandfather
Yuen Bun as Orphanage director
Sze Wan-yan as Orphan
Ting Fuk-chuen as Shaolin Master Killer
Lee Hong-chiu as Jiang Cheng
Chan Mo-shuen as Boss
Ho Wai as Little Kang's henchman
Leung Chun-tong as Master Sha
Cheng Jing-yong
Production
The film was released in Hong Kong in 1978. The title of the film was later changed to The 36th Chamber of Shaolin.
Release
The film was released in Hong Kong in 1978. It was released in the US in 1987.
References
External links
Category:1978 films
Category:1978 martial arts films
Category:Hong Kong films
Category:Hong Kong martial
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