TY - ADVS AU - Hu,Jinquan AU - Shangguan,Lingfeng AU - Shi,Jun AU - Bai,Ying ED - Criterion Collection (Firm), TI - Dragon Inn T2 - The Criterion collection SN - 9781681434827 PY - 2018///] CY - [New York] PB - The Criterion Collection KW - Eunuchs KW - China KW - History KW - Drama KW - Martial arts KW - Assassination KW - Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912 KW - Feature films KW - lcgft KW - Martial arts films KW - Action and adventure films N1 - 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; Written and directed by King Hu ; produced by L.S. Chang ; director of photography, Hua Huiying ; music, Zhou Lanping; Shangkuan Ling-fung, Shih Chun, Bai Ying; Not rated N2 - 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 ER -