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
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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.