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Return to the 36th Chamber
CHINA · 1980

Return to the 36th Chamber

Kar-leung Lau
labor exploitation class struggle deception and fraud redemption through martial arts worker solidarity
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Synopsis

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

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