Shaolin Thirty-Six Room

The University of Chicago theaters are showing the "Hong Kong Martial Arts Films" series, from Hu Jinquan's "The Drunk Man" (1966) to Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu" (2004). Ten of them have been selected for 40 years. Thursday night almost became a carnival for "martial arts fans." People laughed and applauded in the dark, adding more fun to the film. According to the general gender taste, Western films and martial arts films (kung fu/action films) are regarded as "male type". The "Chinese martial arts film class" taught by Professor Z, and the students are all boys, just like the "Song and Dance Film" class taught by Professor M. , The students are all girls.

Director Liu Jialiang, screenwriter Ni Kuang, and starring Liu Jiahui's "Shaolin Thirty-Six Rooms" (1978) is not only a turning point for the director and starring film career, but also enriches the Hong Kong martial arts/kung fu film tradition: martial arts practitioners such as Liu Jialiang and Liu Jiahui Intervene, bring into the South China martial arts culture, bring more real fighting skills to the screen, and some of the actors in the previous movies did not know martial arts. Liu Yude, played by Liu Jiahui, was slaughtered by the Qing Dynasty. He went to Shaolin Temple to practice martial arts. He called the Three Virtues. He practiced the "Thirty-Five Houses." The thirty-sixth room was created in the temple. The film tirelessly shows the arduous process of martial arts training of the three virtues. In the close-up shots, Liu Jiahui’s shiny bald head, vivid eyes, strong body under strong light and transparent sweat beads all convey a strong sense of body and make it more effective. The dazzling martial arts moves have become a spectacle. At the same time, the film did not ignore the expression of Zen spirit and philosophical level, as well as the positive embodiment of the sense of morality and justice, and even the identity of the "Han nation" and the ambition of "anti-Qing and Ming". This film was one of the top ten best-selling films in Hong Kong in 1978, and it has also become a "cult" film popular in the West. American contemporary movie "Ghost" Quentin. Tarantino loves this film very much, and invited Liu Jiahui to participate in "Kill Bill" (2003, 2004).

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