X-Nico

4 unusual facts about San Te


Return to the 36th Chamber

In the first and third films in the series, Liu portrayed the Shaolin monk San Te, but in Return, he portrays an imposter monk.

Shaolin Rescuers

During the fight, famous Shaolin heroes San Te and Fong Sai-Yuk are killed, while Hung Si-Kuan (Jason Pai Piao) narrowly escapes.

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

A young student named Liu Yude, later known as San Te, is drawn by his activist teacher into the local rebellion against the Manchu government.

The film follows a highly fictionalized version of San Te, a legendary Shaolin martial arts disciple who trained under the general Chi Shan, portrayed by the director's adopted brother Gordon Liu.



see also

Yaa Asantewaa

Yaa Asantewaa (c. 1840–17 October 1921) (pronounced YAY a-SAN-te-WAH) was appointed queen mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire—now part of modern-day Ghana—by her brother Nana Akwasi Afrane Okpese, the Ejisuhene—or ruler of Ejisu.