Dragon Gate Inn, also known as Dragon Inn, is a 1967 Taiwanese wuxia

Wuxia

Wuxia is a broad genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists. Although wuxia is traditionally a form of literature, its popularity has caused it to spread to diverse art forms like Chinese opera, manhua , films, television series, and video games...

film directed by King Hu

King Hu

King Hu was a Hong Kong- and Taiwan-based Chinese film director whose Wuxia films brought Chinese cinema to new technical and artistic heights. His films Come Drink with Me , Dragon Gate Inn and A Touch of Zen inaugurated a new generation of wuxia films in the late 1960s...

. The film was remade in 1992, as New Dragon Gate Inn

New Dragon Gate Inn

New Dragon Gate Inn is a 1992 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Raymond Lee and produced by Tsui Hark, starring Tony Leung Ka-fai, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung and Donnie Yen. It was released as Dragon Inn in North America....

, and is again being remade as The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate

The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate

The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate is an upcoming wuxia film directed by Tsui Hark and starring Jet Li, Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, Li Yuchun, Kwai Lun-mei, Louis Fan and Mavis Fan. The film is a remake of Dragon Gate Inn and New Dragon Gate Inn...

, which is to be released in 2011.

Plot

Tsao, the emperor's first eunuch

Eunuch

A eunuch is a person born male most commonly castrated, typically early enough in his life for this change to have major hormonal consequences...

, 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 lay 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

External links

• Collection of reviews of Dragon Inn (1967)