Newly Restored Dragon Inn Heading to Blu-ray

British distributors Eureka Entertainment will bring to Blu-ray director King Hu's classic period film Dragon Inn (1967) Lingfeng Shangguan, Chun Shih, Ying Bai. The release will be available for purchase on September 28.

Dragon Inn was restored in 2014 by the Chinese Taipei Film Archive and screened at the Classics section of the Cannes Film Festival. The 4K digital restoration was completed by the L'Immagine Ritrovata in Bologna. The film's director of photography supervised the color grading.

Synopsis: In the mid-Ming dynasty, a loyal and upright Minister Yu is accused and killed by the evil and powerful eunuch Cao. Yu's children are sentenced to exile to the border Dragon Gate. Cao sends several assassins to kill Yu's children on their way, yet failed. Cao then sends killers of East Chamber, the espionage agency. The righteous swordsman Xiao and Yu's former staffs come to Dragon Inn to rescue Yu's children. The two groups have many fights there. Then Cao himself comes and has fierce fights with Xiao and others. In the end, Cao dies and Yu's children are saved.