Dragon Gate Inn

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Dragon Gate Inn

R1 DVD cover
Traditional 龍門客棧
Simplified 龙门客栈
Mandarin Lóng Mén Kè Zhàn
Directed by King Hu
Produced by Chang Tao-jan
Written by King Hu
Starring Polly Kuan
Hsu Feng
Shih Jun
Pai Ying
Cho Kin
Music by Zhou Lan-ping
Cinematography Wa Wai-ying
Editing by Chan Hung-man
Distributed by Union Film
Release dates
  • October 21, 1967 (1967-10-21)
Running time 111 minutes
Country Taiwan
Language Mandarin

Dragon Gate Inn, also known as Dragon Inn, is a 1967 Taiwanese wuxia film directed by King Hu. The film was remade in 1992, as New Dragon Gate Inn, and again in 2011 as The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate.

Plot

Tsao, the emperor's first eunuch, has successfully bested General Yu, his political opponent. The general was beheaded but his remaining children have been exiled out of China. As the children are being escorted to the western border of the Chinese empire, Tsao plots to have the children killed. Tsao's secret police lie in ambush at the desolate Dragon Gate Inn. Martial arts expert Hsiao shows up at the inn, wanting to meet the innkeeper. Unknown to the secret police is that the innkeeper, Wu Ning, was one of the general's lieutenants and has summoned Hsiao to help the children. A brother-sister martial-artist team (children of another Yu lieutenant) also show up to help. These four race to find Yu's children and lead them to safety.

Cast

  • Shih Jun as Hsiao Shao Tzu
  • Pai Ying as Tsao Shao Chin
  • Polly Kuan as Miss Chu Huei
  • Miao Tian as Pi Shao Tung
  • Sit Hon as Chu Chi
  • Cho Kin as Wu Ning
  • Go Ming as book keeper in inn
  • Got Siu-bo as waiter
  • Ko Fei
  • Tien Peng as escort officer
  • Han Ying-chieh as Mao Tsun Hsien
  • Man Chung-san as Tou La
  • Hsu Feng as Yu Chien's daughter
  • Liu Chu as Eastern Factory agent
  • Liu Chik as Eastern Factory agent
  • Melvin Cheung as Eastern Factory agent
  • Man Tin
  • Lee Git
  • Chai Wai
  • Yu Gai-hung
  • Chui Yiu-gwong
  • A Chi
  • Poon Yiu-kwan as Eastern Factory agent / soldier
  • Simon Chui as Eastern Factory agent

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