Dragon Inn

DRAGON INN

Taiwán – 1967 – 111’ – DCP

Sinopsis

El punto esencial de entrada al Wuxia, género de cine de artes marciales altamente estilizado e intensamente coreografiado, Dragon Inn fue un éxito mundial para el mayor exponente del estilo, King Hu. Estamos en plena Dinastía Ming. El poderoso eunuco Cao ha asesinado la leal ministro Yu, exiliando a sus hijos a la frontera. Allí, Cao pretende masacrar al resto de la familia. Mientras los niños se refugian en la Posada de la Puerta del Dragón, un espadachín honesto y los sobrevivientes leales a Yu libran batallas a muerte contra las fuerzas del eunuco sanguinario.

A quintessential entryway into the highly stylized, tightly choreographed Wuxia genre of martial arts cinema, Dragon Inn was a global breakthrough for the form’s greatest practitioner, King Hu. It’s the middle of the Ming Dynasty. The powerful eunuch Cao has killed the loyal minister Yu and exiled his children to the border; there, Cao intends to massacre the remnants of the family. As the children take refuge in the Dragon Gate Inn, a righteous swordsman and the surviving Yu loyalists engage in battles to the death against the forces of the bloodthirsty eunuch.

King Hu (Taiwán, 1931-1997)

1990 The Swordsman

1979 Legend of the Mountain

1971 A Touch of Zen

1967 Dragon Inn

1966 Come Drink with Me

D, G: King Hu

P: L.S. Chang

F: Hui-Ying Hua

E: Hung Min Chen

S: Hua Chang

M: Lan-Ping Chow