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The Dragon, The Hero | |
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Traditional Chinese | 雜家高手 |
Directed by | Godfrey Ho |
Produced by | Joseph Lai [1] Tomas Tang [1] |
Starring | Philip Ko Tino Wong Cheung Liu Chung-Liang |
Cinematography | Yau Kei [2] |
Production company | |
Distributed by | New Film [3] |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Language | Mandarin Chinese |
The Dragon, The Hero is a Hong Kong martial art movie directed by Godfrey Ho and starring Philip Ko, Dragon Lee, Tino Wong Cheung and Liu Chung-Liang. The movie is considered as one of the best martial arts movie that Godfrey Ho directed outside of the martial arts movie fanbase [ by whom? ]. The movie is also known as Dragon on Fire.
Tu Wu Shen and Tang are direct descendants of Strike Rock Fist master who began as best friends however ended up being worst enemies. The revenge continues throughout their lives until the two warriors discover that they have a common enemy, Ma Ti, a perverse master of dangerous Su Ta. Tu Wu Shen and Tang must forget about the past and reunite to fight against the evil menace.
While originally the film was released as under the name of The Dragon, the Hero, it has been released sometimes as The Dragon on Fire, which was also an alternate title of Enter Three Dragons (a Dragon Lee movie released in 1978.).
The movie was released on DVD by the company Hong Kong Connection and released on VHS under the name Muscle of the Dragon and also Dragon on Fire. The movie was also released on the remastered German DVD with original Mandarin dubbed version. In 2024, Severin Films released the movie as part of its The Game of Clones box set. [4]
Michael Worth: The cinematographer - do you remember your cinematographer on this? Godfrey Ho: yeah [...] Worth: Yau Kei? Ho: yeah