What is "kung fu?" Is it punches & kicks? Joint locks & throws? Swords and spears? Or is it something more? Is it the pursuit of self mastery for its own sake? That is what Lau Kar-Lung's 1978 "36th Chamber of Shaolin" attempts to answer. After his friends and family are murdered by the Manchu, young San-Te joins the Shaolin temple to learn kung fu and avenge his family. But is revenge the Shaolin way?