New Dragon Gate Inn
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| Traditional | 新龍門客棧 |
| Simplified | 新龙门客栈 |
| Mandarin | Xīn Lóng Mén Kè Zhàn |
| Cantonese | San1 Lung4 Mun4 Haak3 Zaan6 |
| Directed by | Raymond Lee |
| Produced by | Tsui Hark |
| Written by | Tsui Hark Charcoal Tan Hiu Wing |
| Starring |
Brigitte Lin Tony Leung Ka-fai Maggie Cheung Donnie Yen |
| Music by | Philip Chan Chow Gam-wing |
| Cinematography |
Arthur Wong Tom Lau |
| Edited by | Poon Hung |
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Film Workshop
Seasonal Film Corporation |
| Distributed by | Golden Harvest |
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103 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
New Dragon Gate Inn is a 1992 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Raymond Lee and produced by Tsui Hark, starring Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Maggie Cheung and Donnie Yen. It was released as Dragon Inn in North America.
The film is a remake of Dragon Gate Inn (1967). New Dragon Gate Inn was shot as a standard wuxia action thriller, with fast-paced action including martial arts, sword fighting and black comedy set in ancient China.
This is a period film set during the Ming Dynasty in the desert region of China.
Tsao Siu-yan is a power-crazed eunuch who rules his sector of China as if he were the Emperor and not a mere official. He is the leader of the Emperor's ruthless security agency known as the Eastern Depot (東廠 Dong Chang). He has built up an elite army of skilled archers and horsemen who receive intensive training and powerful weapons.
When elements of his administration plot against him and his despotic rule, Tsao comes down ruthlessly. One such plotter is defence minister Yang Yu-xuan, who is executed along with his family. Tsao does spare two of the younger children and instead sentences them to exile in order to lure Yang's subordinate general Chow Wai-on into a trap.
Escorted by a couple of rather poorly East Factory soldiers, the children are sent out into the desert. Rebels, led by Chow's lover, swordswoman Yau Mo-yan, arrive to free them, but are attacked by East Factory troops. Tsao later calls off the attack when he realises that Chow is not among the fighters, and instead orders his troops to pursue them to find where they will be meeting with Chow. The rebels and the children then proceed to the Dragon Gate Pass through which they will cross the border.
They reach the Dragon Gate Inn, which is a meeting place run by brigands. The innkeeper, the lively Jade, runs a sideline in which she seduces and murders her guests. Jade also keeps whatever money the customer has, then drops them down a chute to the kitchen and have them served as the meat in buns. The cutting up is done by her cook Dao, an expert at stripping meat to the bones.
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