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The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
1978 · Director: Lau Kar-leung · HK
What it is about
After his family is massacred, a young man enters the Shaolin monastery and passes through its training chambers.
The fighting in it
The most influential film about Shaolin training ever made — its chamber structure shaped how the world pictures monastery practice. San Te is loosely drawn from a historical monk, but the chambers are a cinematic invention.
Martial arts in the film
Who appears in it
- Gordon Liuactor — San Te
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