Brigitte Lin plays the martial arts expert and girlfriend Yau Mo Yan of the hero Tony Leung who is an ex-military instructor Chow who is a threat to the evil eunuchs. Maggie Cheung is the owner of the inn, Jade who also falls in love with Tong Leung. Brigitte and their men saved the 2 children of a loyal official who was excuted by the evil and ambitious eunuchs. Their rendezvous is at Dragon Inn. The eunuchs gave chase because they are using the children as bait to catch/kill Tony. However the eunuchs never met Tony and decided to check him out at the inn. Tony knew that Maggie as the owner of the inn would have a secret way out but Maggie will only tell if Tony marries her which of course upsets Brigitte. Finally Brigitte realises that Tony loves her only. There was a showdown between the eunuchs and the heroes. Click for the conclusion of Dragon Inn.
The flute plays an important symbolic role. Tony is drawn to the correct location of the inn in the vast desert because of the flute. Brigitte plays the flute for Tony only. She gives the flute to him as a sign of their relationship. Maggie Cheung wants the flute as an engagement present from Tony. Maggie returns the flute to Brigitte when Brigitte helps her. Lastly, after Brigitte sinks into the sand, the flute is all that's left of her.
Brigitte Lin was hurt near the eye during an action scene in filming "Dragon Inn". Because of the injury, she had to go back to Hong Kong so they couldn't shoot some of her scenes. Thanks for that piece of information from Akiko and Stanley.
Read about a stuntman who did some stunts in Dragon Inn - I doubled for Lin Ching-Hsia.
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Awards won by Dragon Inn
Cast : Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Maggie Cheung
Man-Yuk, Donnie Yen Chi-Tan, Lawrence Ng, Lau Shun, Hung Yan Yan, Ngai
Chung Wai, Yam Sai Goon, Yuen Cheung Yan
Director : Raymond Lee
Producer : Tsui Hark
Associate Producer : Ching Siu Tung
Writers : Tsui Hark, Carbon Cheung Taan, Hiu Wo
Cinematographer : Tom Lau Moon Tong, Arthur Wong(Wong Ngok Taai), Lau
Wai-Wai
Art Director : William Chang (Cheung Suk Ping), Mark Chiu Gok San,
Kwok Tak-Cheung
Set Design : Leung Chi-Hing, Chung Yi-Fung, Luk Hing-Ming
Action Director : Ching Siu-Tung, Yuen Bun, Cheung Yiu-Sing
Editor : Poon Hung
Music Score : Phil Chan Fei Lit
Special Effects : Cinefex Workshop
Production Manager : Dick Cho, Leung Sing-Ping, Ng Chi-Ming, Chan Chun
Production Company : Seasonal Film / Film Workshop
Spoken : Mandarin, Cantonese
Subtitles : English
Film : Hong Kong
