China, year 1457. The Minister of Defense 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.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and plot-driven.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Shih ChunHsiao Shao-Tzu
- Pai YingTsao Shao Chin
- Polly Shang-Kuan Ling-FengMiss Chu Huei
- Miao TianPi Shao-Tung
- Han Ying-ChiehMao Zong-Xian
- Tsao ChienGeneral Wu Ning
- Hsueh HanChu Chi
- Go MingBookkeeper at Inn
- Ko Hsiao-PaoWaiter at Inn
- Ko FeiKuei Yu Chang
Crew
- King HuDirector
- King HuWriter
- Hua Hui-YingDirector of Photography
- Chen Hung-MinEditor
- L.S. ChangProducer
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