Heart of Dragon

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Heart of Dragon (Long De Xin) is a 1985 Hong Kong action film directed by Sammo Hung, assisted by Fruit Chan. Sammo stars as Danny / Do-do, a man with a mental illness, cared for by his brother Tat, played by co-star Jackie Chan.

It is also known by the titles Heart of the Dragon and The First Mission.

The film is unusual in that although featuring Sammo Hung and Lam Ching Ying, two actors famed for their kung fu abilities, neither actually perform any martial arts. The action is left to Chan and his fellow CID officers, Mang Hoi, Yuen Wah, Chan Lung and Corey Yuen.

The bad guys are led by James Tien and include Dick Wei, Chung Fat, Phillip Ko and Sau Leung Ko (aka Blacky Ko). The film also features a small role for Wu Ma as a restaurant owner.

As this was intended as a dramatic film, showing a different side of Hung's acting abilities, it contains comparatively few action scenes. Two additional fight scenes were filmed, but these were cut from both the domestic Hong Kong print and the international print of the film. Due to the demands of certain markets, these scenes were included in some prints of the film, notably the Japanese release. They are included as additional features on the US, UK and Australian DVD releases of the film.

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• The films title track won the award for "Best Original Film Song" at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
• As with My Lucky Stars, Sammo Hung's real-life brother makes a cameo appearance as a henchman.

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