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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 72 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1441
Category: DVD
Director: Chia-liang Liu
Publisher: Crash Cinema
Studio: Crash Cinema
Manufacturer: Crash Cinema
Label: Crash Cinema
Format: Color, Letterboxed, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
ISBN: 6305511705
UPC: 669657020429
EAN: 0669657020429
ASIN: 6305511705
Release Date: February 8, 2000
Theatrical Release Date: May 31, 1979
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
A pure old-school martial arts movie, beloved by aficionados, that also appeals to nonfans simply as a rousing action film. The often-imitated fact-based plot (see The Karate Kid) centers upon the rigorous training process undergone in the mid-19th century by the anti-Manchu Chinese patriot San Te (Gordon Liu). It's depicted as a grueling voyage into the unknown. Cast out of his home village when he stands up to the cruel warlord (Lo Lieh) who slaughtered his parents, the refugee seeks out the martial monks of the Shaolin Temple, who steer him through a torturous series of "chambers"--horrendous ordeals designed to build strength and agility--before he's even allowed to study boxing or swordfighting. Finally he defeats a rival by inventing a brand-new weapon, the three-section chain-linked staff. But innovation can be carried only so far; when San Te suggests opening a "36th chamber" in the temple that would teach Shaolin techniques to the populace at large (so that they can fight the nasty Manchus) he is drummed out of the corps. Naturally he returns to his home village, slaughters the baddies, and prepares to open China's first public Shaolin-style kung fu school. Many of the pupils San Te recruits in the final reel became legendary martial artists in their own right, the "Fathers of the Church" of the Chinese kung fu tradition. This is strong action entertainment with real historical resonance. --David Chute
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Customer Reviews: Read 67 more reviews...
 GORDON LIU=A LEGEND IS BORN May 28, 2006
this movie no doubt is arguably the greatest of all-time you can consider it the martial arts version of the godfather because its mainly an initiation and training then the last 20+ minutes or so is where all the fun and action begins. this movie is approximately 1 hr 55 mins long. for the 1st 25 to 30 mins you see gordon liu with hair (which is pretty odd to see) and his friends in a school and the manchus taking over. you see lau kar wing trying to plot to kill the head manchu general but lo lieh anticipated it and they have a battle with their weapons which lau kar wing is killed at the hands of lo lieh. then later gordon liu and his friend try to escape to shaolin but unfortunately for his friend he dies. my faovrite chambers were the waterbucket chambers, reflex chamber, and the fighting chamber. best fight was gordon liu vs. great wing chun master lee hoi sang about 100 times. this movie also stars wong yu, norman tsui siu keung, wilson tong (who had a sizeable role), henry yu yung (who bares a resemblence to jason pai piao), and late great simon yuen siu tien. this movie is widescreen 2:35.1 and the sound you know about that i have to turn up 3 quarters of the way to hear it. but pick this up and find a better trasfer if you can.
This is the good Master Killer May 18, 2006
I've been trying to get my hands on this movie for a long time. My teacher told me that he saw it 23 years ago and loved the training scenes. I didn't know which Master Killer it was though so I ended up buying "36 Chambers", "The Master Killer Trilogy", and "Return to 36 Chambers" before finally getting it right. IT WAS WORTH IT.
The quality is surprisingly good, Chia Hui Liu is at his best, and the storyline isn't the typical revenge story you've seen a thousand times (well not entirely anyway).
What I love about this movie is that it shows the protagonist overcoming real mental and physical obstacles along the martial way with great dedication and patience thus bettering himself and contributing to the art. Fantastic.
Must see for all martial arts lovers April 10, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Firstly, this is the "36th Chamber of Shaolin", now for the rest.
There is something noble about fighting with bare hands or with olden day weapons (like the sword, spear, bow and arrow etc.). It is that the actual human spirit is involved in their mastery (as opposed to children sporting a gun in a threatening way). The movie talks about this human endeavour, how discipline can take man to higher realms of self mastery.
Firstly it is clear that the mind is most important for martial arts (if you see the old man pushing the hero of the movie from many meters away). Secondly, the movie talks about bringing archaic knowledge to all sections of society for its enrichment, like starting a 36th Chamber.
I watched this movie in my school when I was in my 8th or 9th standard. There was an aura of greatness in the protagonist which I never forgot. I still see greatness in the movie, I would want to watch it many times. It reminds me that human endeavour and discipline would make us great men, nobility and faith would make us Shaolins, or Devas (gods) as my upringing would have me to believe.
classic '36th Chamber Of Shaolin' March 27, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
amazing film, much less humor than your average kung fu flick. the film has brilliant scenes of physical strength when San Te is in training and excellent fight scenes towards the end. also much deeper story.
i definetly recomend this film (one of the best in the genre), but maybe not this version.
i myself got the vhs version, and from what i can tell from these reviews, its as good, if not better than the quality of this dvd.
great movie, but this version does it no justice March 7, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This movie is almost inaudible, that being said it is still AWESOME. The picture quality is also very poor, but since it's more about the training and not the fighting, it's not too bad. The story is about a young kid whose dad is a rebel. After his dad is killed by the governer or something, he tries to get into shaolin to learn how to fight. His experiences in Saholin are truly funny and truly great scenes. Gordon using the 15 foot branch with the weight on the end to strike the gong is REAL.
Now I have a version that says it is part of the shaolin collection. It also has the SB logo all over it. It is just like my return and disciples of master killer movies. It says it is remastered, AND IT IS, the remastering company is RED SUN. Though I had never heard of them before, I will start looking for what movies they distribute rather than just finding my favorite movies and getting a crap print. You have no excuse not to look for the Red Sun version before you buy this, you don't even need an all-region dvd player.
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