Original title: 龍虎金剛 | Long hu jin hu
Year: 1973
Country: Hong Kong
Region code: B
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 5060000705874
Image: 2.35:1 (1080p)
Audio:
Mandarin - Mono
English - Mono
Subtitles: English
Age rating: 15
Genre: Action
Cast: Jimmy Wang Yu, Samuel Hui
Director: Lo Wei
Synopsis:
Written and directed by Lo Wei, the man behind the Bruce Lee's international hits The Big Boss and Fist of Fury , The Tattooed Dragon was designed to bring martial arts superstar Jimmy Wang Yu ( The One-Armed Swordsman ) to a global audience still hungry for kung fu cinema in the aftermath of Lee's death. Featuring Sylvia Chang ( Slaughter in San Francisco ) and James Tien ( Shaolin Boxer ) in a villainous role, it follows The Big Boss in pitting a legendary fighter against organized crime.
Wang Yu stars as the eponymous Tattooed Dragon, a virtuous martial artist who makes a habit of defending the defenseless. After he is injured in a fight, he is taken in by a farmer (Samuel Hui, The Swordsman ) and his sweetheart (Chang), and soon finds himself having to defend their local village when he becomes the target of a gangster (Tien) and his crew. Determined to lay their hands on the village's rich resources, the gangsters install a casino and encourage the locals to gamble away everything they have. But the Tattooed Dragon has other ideas…
The Tattooed Dragon is a showcase for Jimmy Wang Yu following his move from Shaw Brothers to Golden Harvest in the early 1970s, boasting cinematography by Cheung Yiu-tsou ( Police Story ) and stunts coordinated by Simon Hsu ( The Flying Guillotine ). Eureka Classics is proud to present The Tattooed Dragon for the first time on Blu-ray anywhere in the world from a new 2K restoration.
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