Dragon from Russia

Dragon from Russia

DVD front cover
Traditional 紅場飛龍
Simplified 红场飞龙
Mandarin Hóng Chǎng Fēi Lóng
Cantonese Hung4 Ceong4 Fei1 Lung4
Directed by Clarence Fok
Produced by Dean Shek
Screenplay by Ella Chan
Based on Crying Freeman 
by Ryoichi Ikegami and Kazuo Koike
Starring Sam Hui
Maggie Cheung
Nina Li Chi
Carrie Ng
Loletta Lee
Dean Shek
Music by Violet Lam
Sam Hui
Cinematography Peter Ngor
Edited by Wong Ming-lam
Production
company
Distributed by Golden Princess Amusement
Release dates
  • 3 August 1990 (1990-08-03) (Hong Kong)
Running time
96 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Box office HK$11,634,700

Dragon from Russia is a 1990 Hong Kong martial arts action film directed by Clarence Fok and based on the Japanese manga Crying Freeman and written by Kazuo Koike and Ryoichi Ikegami, and also produced by Dean Shek, and starring Sam Hui, Maggie Cheung, Nina Li Chi, Carrie Ng, Loletta Lee and guest starring Shek in his second-to-last film appearance before retiring from acting in two years later.

Plot

Yao Lung and May Yip are orphans who live in Russia with their adoptive family. Through the years, the two fall in love and promise that they will be together forever. One fateful day, Yao witnesses a murder being committed by a mysterious assassin. Shortly after this, he is captured and brainwashed by a mysterious cult of assassins call themselves "800 Dragons". After losing his memory of his past, he is forced to take very strict martial art training to become the perfect assassin for the 800 Dragons.

During one of his missions, Yao is seen by May, his past lover who is still looking for him. The code of the 800 Dragons is that anyone who sees an assassin during their mission needs to be killed. But Yao begin to remember his past when May talks to him about their past relationship. Yao decides to follow his heart instead of the strict code of the assassin by not killing May. Now Yao and May must hide for their life. Knowing that Yao fails to follow the order, the 800 Dragons are now trying to kill both of them.[1]

Cast

DVD release

On 24 February 2003, the movie was released by Hong Kong Legends in Europe as a Region 2 DVD.

Ten months later, Hong Kong Legends DVD were released on 29 December 2003 in a 3 disc set Manga in Motion including two classic martial arts films: Story of Ricky and City Hunter.

References

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