Dragon Inn

    Dragon Inn
    1967

    Synopsis

    When the children of an executed General are pursued in 1457 China, some heroic martial arts swordsmen intervene.

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    Cast

    • Shih ChunHsiao Shao-Tzu
    • Pai YingTsao Shao Chin
    • Polly Shang-Kuan Ling-FengMiss Chu Huei
    • Miao TianPi Shao-Tung
    • Han Ying-ChiehMao Zong-Xian
    • Cho KinGeneral Wu Ning
    • Hsieh HanChu Chi
    • Go MingBookkeeper at Inn
    • Ko Hsiao PaoWaiter at Inn
    • Ko FeiKuei Yu Chang

    Recommandations

    • 100

      RogerEbert.com

      Dragon Inn is a romantic action film, but it still feels modern thanks to Hu's strict focus on action. I don't just mean the film's relentless series of fight scenes. Hu's film is all about movement.
    • 100

      Philadelphia Inquirer

      Its historical influence aside, Dragon Inn delivers pure cinematic pleasure. I'm not sure it can be overpraised.
    • 100

      Los Angeles Times

      A director in command of everything from the watchful eyes of his actors, to the beauty of a misty morning light, to the heart-stopping vectors of arrows and swords bursting across a widescreen frame, Hu creates cinema that's the definition of kineticism.
    • 90

      Village Voice

      The slow build of the action is deceptive, as at first the martial arts are all in the editing.
    • 80

      Empire

      This 1967 Ming Dynasty epic may lack plot complexity and period spectacle. But the stand-off in a remote inn is flecked with tension, wit and slick martial artistry.