Dragon Inn / directed by King Hu.
Material type:![Film](/opac-tmpl/lib/famfamfam/VM.png)
- two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 9781681434827
- 1681434822
- Long men ke zhan (Motion picture)
- Written and directed by King Hu ; produced by L.S. Chang ; director of photography, Hua Huiying ; music, Zhou Lanping.
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Main Library | DVD | WORLD DRAGON I | Available | 33111009921657 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
King Hu's influential Wuxia movie follows Zhao (Ying Bai), a conniving official, as he attempts to wipe out the children of a now-dead political rival. Unfortunately, Zhao's hitmen find that the loyalists are well-trained and won't go down without a fight. ~ Jay Hayward, Rovi
Originally released as a motion picture in 1967.
Wide screen (2.35:1).
Special features: new interview with actor Shangkuan Ling-fung; interview from 2016 with actor Shih Chun; scene analysis by author and New York Asian Film Festival cofounder Grady Hendrix; newsreel footage of the film's 1967 premiere in Taipei, Taiwain; trailer.
Shangkuan Ling-fung, Shih Chun, Bai Ying.
After having the emperor's minister of defense executed, a power-grabbing eunuch sends assassins to trail the victim's children to a remote point on the northern Chinese border. But that bloodthirsty mission is confounded by a mysterious group of fighters who arrive on the scene, intent on delivering justice and defending the innocent.
Not rated.
DVD, wide screen; mono.
Mandarin dialogue (2.35:1); English subtitles.
Written and directed by King Hu ; produced by L.S. Chang ; director of photography, Hua Huiying ; music, Zhou Lanping.