Gordon Liu (most recently seen in Kill Bill) plays San De, a young student full of idealism who's against the Manchu occupation. When his master, his father and the other disciples are assassinated by the terrible General Tien Wa, San De swears vengeance and leaves for the Shaolin temple in order to learn the sacred martial art. There he must survive the intense training across the 35 chambers of Shaolin. This film is a classic for a good reason: director Lau Kar Leung was himself a martial arts master. His fluid and dynamic fight choreography, impressively captured on film, remain some of the greatest action scenes in cinema today. Even at 75, Lau continues to remain active and is currently busy choreographing for the film The Grandmaster, a kind of ode to the genre by Wong Kar Wai.

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Practical Info

• Date:
  2011-02-17
• Time:
  20h00
• Location:
  Cinema Nova

  3, rue d'Arenbergstraat
  1000 Bruxelles—Brussel
  + 32 (0)2 511 24 77
  http://www.nova-cinema.org

Background Info

• alt name:
  Shao Lin san shi liu fang
• year:
  1978
• director:
  Lau Kar Leung
• country:
  Hong Kong
• version:
  VO ST ANG & ZH / OV ENG & ZH OT
• format:
  35mm
• duration:
  115'
• link:
  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078243/