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Foundation date 1 january 2006
Dragon Dynasty is a joint venture started by The Weinstein Company and Genius Products. The company was created on May 23, 2006 for the sole purpose of distributing East Asian films on DVD in the US, whose licenses are held by, or will be acquired by The Weinstein Company. Dragon Dynasty showcases classic and contemporary Asian Cinema, particularly those films which fall under the action and martial arts genre.
Filmography of Dragon Dynasty (7 films)
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Dog Bite Dog (2006)
Directed by Soi Cheang
Origin Hong kong
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Edison Chen, Sam Lee, Cheung Siu-fai, Lam Suet, Wayne Lai, Dominic Lam
A young Cambodian man who has been trained to fight for money in his country is hired to kill someone in Hong Kong. He performs the hit and then flees from Hong Kong police, who are wrestling with internal problems of a model cop and his son, who is also on the force and who was told by his dad not to become a police officer. The father goes into a coma after being shot, and internal affairs suspects him of dealing drugs on the side.
Fatal Contact (2006)
, 1h50Directed by Dennis Law
Origin Chine
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Gangster films
Actors Wu Jing, Miki Yeung, Cheung Siu-fai, Ken Lo, Andy On, Lam Suet
A young Chinese martial arts national champion, Kong, comes to Hong Kong on a short contract with a Chinese opera group. A small time gambling boss, Ma, is so impressed with Kong that he wants him to be his fighter in the underground all-contact boxing world. In need of money, Kong makes up his mind to enter the underground boxing scene with his girlfriend Tin, and together they are under control. Kong's fighting skills made him unbeatable in the arena, but after each win, he gets himself in too deep with the underground world.
SPL: Kill Zone (2005)
, 1h37Directed by Wilson Yip
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Gangster films
Actors Simon Yam, Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, Liu Kai-chi, Wu Jing, Ken Chang Tzu-yao
Chan Kwok-chung (Simon Yam), a Hong Kong police inspector, has dedicated his career to putting Wong Po (Sammo Hung), a notorious triad boss, behind bars. While escorting a witness with damning evidence of Wong's wrongdoings to court, Chan's car is rammed at high speed by another car driven by Jack (Wu Jing), a ruthless assassin hired by Wong. The impact severely injures the witness and his wife, whom Jack proceeds to kill after getting down from his car. The witness' young daughter, however, is spared. Chan survives too, but has a piece of glass stuck in the back of his head. When the glass is removed, the doctor notices a tumour in Chan's brain and informs him that he does not have long to live. Chan becomes even more determined to bring down Wong Po, using any means necessary.
Infernal Affairs II (2003)
, 1h59Directed by Andrew Lau, Alan Mak
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Gangster films
Actors Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, Edison Chen, Shawn Yue Man Lok, Carina Lau, Francis Ng
In 1991, Hong Kong police inspector Wong Chi-shing (Anthony Wong) meets with his informant, Hon Sam (Eric Tsang), while Lau Kin-ming (Edison Chen), Hon's prospective mole within the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, assassinates Hon's triad boss, Ngai Kwun. Lau is later greeted by Hon's wife, Mary (Carina Lau), who casually ascertains whether he has any reservations about his mission for Hon. While giving him cash, Mary advises Lau to maintain a low profile. She also confesses that she was the person who ordered the hit on Ngai Kwun, admitting that Hon has no knowledge of this transgression and urges Lau to remain silent. Mary wants Hon to replace Ngai Kwun as the triad boss.
Infernal Affairs III (2003)
, 1h58Directed by Andrew Lau, Alan Mak
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Gangster films
Actors Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Edison Chen, Leon Lai, Shawn Yue Man Lok, Anthony Wong
Infernal Affairs III uses parallel storytelling, flashing between the past and the present.
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
, 1h55Directed by Liu Chia-liang
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Kung fu, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about religion, Sports films, Martial arts films, Films about Buddhism, Kung fu films
Actors Gordon Liu, Lo Lieh, Lau Kar Wing, Chan Shen, Hsiao Ho, Mars
A young student named Liu Yude, later known as San Te, is drawn by his activist teacher into the local rebellion against the Manchu government. The government officials suppress the uprising and liquidate the school, killing friends and family members as well. San Te then decides to seek vengeance. Wounded in an attack by Manchu henchmen, he flees to the Shaolin temple and seeks training in kung fu. Initially the Buddhist monks reject him, since he is an outsider, but the chief abbot takes mercy on the young man and lets him stay. One year later, he begins his martial arts training in the temple's 35 chambers and advances more rapidly than any previous student. Along the way, he is depicted as inventing the three section staff.
Heroes of the East (1978)
, 1h40Directed by Liu Chia-liang
Origin Hong kong
Genres Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Gordon Liu, Hsiao Ho, Hsu Hsao-chiang, Liu Chia-liang, Chin Tsi-ang
Ho Tao (Gordon Liu) is a Kung Fu student. His rich father has set up an arranged marriage for him with the daughter of a Japanese business associate. Ho Tao initially objects and feigns illness, but soon thereafter agrees to the marriage when he finds bride to be, Yumiko Kōda ("Kung Zi" in Mandarin), is attractive. After the wedding, he finds out that she is also a martial artist. Ho Tao finds her style of Karate to be violent, unladylike, and potentially immodest and tries to persuade her to learn feminine but also effectual styles of Chinese Kung Fu. She is later offended during an argument over which nation has the superior martial arts styles and eventually goes back to Japan. When he travels to Japan to entreat Kung Zi to be reconciled with her husband, Ho Tao's father finds Kung Zi in training by her childhood friend and rather too attentive martial arts sensei Takeno.