The 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	Cinema City Entertainment
Distributed by	Golden Princess Amusement
Release date	3 August 1990 (Hong Kong);
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$11,634,700

The 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.[1][2]

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 that call themselves "800 Dragons". After losing his memory of his past, he is forced to take very strict martial arts 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 run for their lives. Knowing that Yao fails to follow the order, the 800 Dragons are now trying to kill both of them.

Cast

Sam Hui as Yao Lung
Maggie Cheung as May Yip
Nina Li Chi as Chimer
Carrie Ng as Huntress
Loletta Lee as Pearl
Dean Shek as Snooker (guest star)
Suen Hing as Officer Sunny
Yuen Tak as Teddy Wong / Master of Death
Pai Ying as Frankie
Lau Shun as Mr. Kishudi
Ann Mui as May
Sarah Lee as Queenie

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

Stanway, Glen (16 June 2018). "Dragon from Russia (1990)". Kung Fu Kingdom. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
Haflidason, Almar (24 February 2003). "Dragon from Russia (1990)". BBC. Retrieved 16 February 2019.

External links

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[1] Stanway, Glen (16 June 2018). "Dragon from Russia (1990)". Kung Fu Kingdom. Retrieved 16 February 2019.

[2] Haflidason, Almar (24 February 2003). "Dragon from Russia (1990)". BBC. Retrieved 16 February 2019.