THE TATTOOED DRAGON Makes Its Worldwide Blu-Ray Debut From Eureka In July!
Eureka Entertainment will globally debut The Big Boss and Fist Of Fury director Lo Wei’s cult classic, The Tattooed Dragon, for the first time on Blu-ray on July 22. The film, part of the label’s Eureka Classics line-up, will make its debut from a 2K restoration and limited to 2000 copies, which will feature an O-card slipcase and collector’s booklet.
Jimmy Wang Yu (The One-Armed Swordsman) stars in the title role – a virtuous martial artist who makes a habit of defending the defenseless. He is taken in by a farmer and his sweetheart after being injured in a fight, when he learns their local village is the target of a vile, opportunistic gangster and his crew. Determined to lay their hands on the village’s rich resources, the gangsters install a casino and encourage the locals to gamble away everything they have. But the Tattooed Dragon has other ideas…
Capturing the raw, gritty energy of 1970s Hong Kong cinema, The Tattooed Dragon was designed to bring martial arts superstar Wang Yu to a global audience still hungry for kung fu cinema in the aftermath of Bruce Lee’s death. The film also stars Sylvia Chang (Slaughter in San Francisco) and James Tien (Shaolin Boxer) in the villain role.
The Tattooed Dragon is a showcase for Wang Yu following his move from Shaw Brothers to Golden Harvest in the early 1970s, boasting cinematography by Cheung Yiu-tsou (Police Story) and stunts coordinated by Simon Hsu (The Flying Guillotine). Read on for the specs below!
• Limited to 2000 copies
• Limited edition O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Sean Longmore
• Limited edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing on The Tattooed Dragon by film critic and writer James Oliver
• The Tattooed Dragon presented in 1080p HD from a new 2K restoration
• Original Mandarin mono and English dubbed audio options
• Optional English subtitles, newly translated for this release
• New audio commentary by East Asian cinema expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) • New audio commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• Here Be Dragons – new discussion of The Tattooed Dragon with martial arts cinema expert Wayne Wong
* All extras subject to change
