TY - ADVS AU - Hu, King TI - Dragon Inn : A Film by King Hu SN - 5060000701692 PY - 2015/// CY - London, U.K. PB - Eureka Entertainment Ltd. KW - Cinema KW - Taiwan N1 - Original film released 1967. 2 Disc set - 1 Blu-Ray + 1 DVD Includes Booklet; Dual format edition Blu-Ray and DVD; Optional english subtitles; Archival newsreel footage from the film's premier; Trailer; 'Hostel Forces', a new video essay by critic David Cairns; 36 - page Booklet featuring vintage writing on the film by critic Tony Rayns; A testimonial about King Hu by Tsui Hark; an analysis of Hu's style by Edmond Wong; The eight characteristics of "the inn" in King Hu's films and archival images N2 - It's the middle of the Ming Dynasty. The powerful eunuch Cao (Pai Ying) has killed the loyal Minister Yu, and Yu's children are exiled to the border, whereupon Cao undertakes efforts to massacre the remnants of the family. As Yu's children take refuge in the Dragon Gate Inn, Xiao the righteous swordsman (Shih Jun) and the surviving loyalists of Minister Yu engage in a series of battles to the death against the forces of the bloodthirsty eunuch ER -