This release can only be found in the following box set: The Cinema Of King Hu: Volume One (1965 - 1973)
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The Taiwan Film Institute
Directed by: King Hu
Featuring: Shih Chun, Shangkuan Ling-fung, Bai Ying, Miao Tian, Han Ying-chieh, Hsieh Han, Tsao Chien, Gao Ming, Wan Chung-shan, Ko Fei, Wen Tian, Hsu Feng
Hu’s next wuxia smash was Dragon Inn, which set box office records in multiple countries, and won the 1968 Golden Horse Award for Best Screenplay.
China, year 1457. The Minister of Defence is executed, and his children are sentenced to exile by order of the tyrannical Tsao. Fearful of future revenge from the young people, Tsao sends cruel soldiers to murder them, but a brave group of swordsmen can change the course of the battle at the Dragon Inn.
Starring (Polly) Shang-Kuan Ling-feng, Shih Chun, and Pai Ying, Dragon Inn has been acclaimed by critics for over fifty years, described as “one of the most important wuxia… films to emerge from the Chinese-speaking world prior to the great martial arts boom of the turn of the 1970s… riotously entertaining” by Sight and Sound magazine.
China, year 1457. The Minister of Defence is executed, and his children are sentenced to exile by order of the tyrannical Tsao. Fearful of future revenge from the young people, Tsao sends cruel soldiers to murder them, but a brave group of swordsmen can change the course of the battle at the Dragon Inn.
Starring (Polly) Shang-Kuan Ling-feng, Shih Chun, and Pai Ying, Dragon Inn has been acclaimed by critics for over fifty years, described as “one of the most important wuxia… films to emerge from the Chinese-speaking world prior to the great martial arts boom of the turn of the 1970s… riotously entertaining” by Sight and Sound magazine.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
4K UHD
Blu-ray
Discs:
UHD-100 (1 Disc)
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
None (4K UHD)
A/B/C (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Audio Options:
Mandarin PCM Mono 2.0
Resolution:
2160p/24
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
HDR:
Dolby Vision
HDR10
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Newsreel Footage, Audio Commentary, Video Essay
- NEW Audio commentary by critic and author David West
- NEW Audio commentary by film historian Tom Cunliffe
- NEW Video essay by film scholar Wayne Wong
- NEW Video essay by critic / historian Tony Rayns
- TV news clip of 1967 Taipei premiere
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