Dragon Inn
Hu King / TW, 1967 / 111 min.
King Hu is a master of martial arts cinema. Hu broke through internationally with his highly stylized and tautly choreographed Dragon Inn.
King Hu broke with the stereotyping of the female characters. He also introduced numerous wuxia genre archetypes, such as the eunuch and the sword fighter. The dazzling film Dragon Inn is set during the Ming dynasty in 1457, with eunuchs occupying positions of power at court. Hu gives us the bloody consequences of their corrupt and insidious practices in an innovative martial arts form. Dragon Inn was an immediate box office hit and of major influence on cinema.In 2003 Dragon Inn served as the backdrop to Tsai Ming-liang's Goodbye, Dragon Inn: Hu's film is screened in an old cinema that is about to close down. Dragon Inn was restored in 4K by the Chinese Taipei Film Archive and L’Immagine Ritrovata from the 35 mm original camera negative
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Director
Hu King
Production year
1967
Country
TW
Original title
Long men kezhan
Length
111 min.
Language
Mandarin Chinese
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP - encrypted
Part of
Eye Classics
Eye’s collection includes a wealth of classics. With the Eye Classics series, Eye brings film history even closer. Every week, we screen at least three classics from the collection under one recognisable name: Eye Classics.
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