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Ninja in the Dragon's Den

Original title: Long zhi ren zhe
  • 19821982
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
2K
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Conan Lee and Hiroyuki Sanada in Ninja in the Dragon's Den (1982)
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Two rival warriors, a Japanese and a Chinese, are forced to work together after their master has been killed by a mighty enemy.Two rival warriors, a Japanese and a Chinese, are forced to work together after their master has been killed by a mighty enemy.Two rival warriors, a Japanese and a Chinese, are forced to work together after their master has been killed by a mighty enemy.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
2K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Corey Yuen
  • Writer
    • See-Yuen Ng
  • Stars
    • Hiroyuki Sanada
    • Conan Lee
    • Jeong-lee Hwang
  • Director
    • Corey Yuen
  • Writer
    • See-Yuen Ng
  • Stars
    • Hiroyuki Sanada
    • Conan Lee
    • Jeong-lee Hwang
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 23User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Jeong-lee Hwang in Ninja in the Dragon's Den (1982)
    Hiroyuki Sanada in Ninja in the Dragon's Den (1982)
    Jeong-lee Hwang in Ninja in the Dragon's Den (1982)
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    Hiroyuki Sanada
    Hiroyuki Sanada
    • Genbu
    Conan Lee
    Conan Lee
    • Sun Jing
    Jeong-lee Hwang
    Jeong-lee Hwang
    • The Magician
    • (as Jang Lee Hwang)
    Kaname Tsushima
    • Akane
    Hiroshi Tanaka
    • Fukusa
    Tai-Bo
    Tai-Bo
    • Chee
    Yeong-moon Kwon
    • Sanchiro
    • (as Wing-Man Kwan)
    Feng Tien
    Feng Tien
    Chia-Hsiang Wu
    Chia-Hsiang Wu
    Kao-Shan Hsiao
    Chung-Kuei Chang
      Chin-Hai Chen
      Lung Chin
      Lung Chin
      Hsing-Nan Ho
      Byeong-Gyu Kim
      Jae-yeong Lee
      Hai-Hsing Li
      Hai-Hsing Li
      Yun-Pao Lu
      • Director
        • Corey Yuen
      • Writer
        • See-Yuen Ng
      • All cast & crew
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      Storyline

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      • Trivia
        After the film's success, producer Ng See Yuen had a huge dispute with the Taiwanese producers regarding with hiring Conan Lee to their pictures which led to misleading where producers thought Ng refused to let them hire Lee. This ended up led the Taiwanese producers to hire a Taiwanese triad members to severely injure and black mailing Ng. Ng See Yuen decided to let Conan Lee off from the contract.
      • Goofs
        During the intro scenes, eight ninja run the parcour. When they scale the wall with their hand-claws, there are suddenly just six, and when they run down the steps in the forest, they suddenly number eight again.
      • Connections
        Featured in NG See Yuen: Inside the Dragon's Den with Roy Horan (2002)
      • Soundtracks
        The Legend of the Ninja
        Written by Casey Rankin and John Scott

        Performed by Alfredo Chen Singers

        Courtesy of Columbia Records

      User reviews23

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      9/10
      A true ninja classic!
      Without doubt one of the very finest Ninja movies ever made, this film also marked the explosive screen debut of the incredible Conan Lee. Even more amazingly, the said actor had previously no martial arts experience whatsoever prior to filming this although you would never guess this judging by his awesome physical performance here.

      The fight scenes (choreographed by none other than the superb Corey Yuen who also directs the film) are absolutely jaw dropping, in fact they are undoubtedly some of the best combat scenes ever committed to celluloid.

      Hiroyuki Sanada is the Ninja of the movies title and clearly demonstrates to us all why he is considered to be one of the very best screen martial artists ever, displaying probably some of the most graceful moves ever seen in any martial arts film.

      Added to this, and a real treat for fans of old style kung fu, the always superb Hwang Jang Lee, considered by many as the greatest leg fighter ever, turns up at the films climax as, yes you've guessed it – the main villain! (As he was perpetually type cast!)

      Special note also must be made of the extremely cool music that cranks up throughout…..highly memorable; it'll have you humming it for days!

      It's very strange that after such an explosive screen debut, Conan Lee's fame dissipated so quickly. The actor was in fact even being tauted at the time as the next Jackie Chan. Just goes to show what a fickle business the movie industry is.
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      Details

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      • Release date
        • April 17, 1982 (Japan)
      • Countries of origin
        • Hong Kong
        • Japan
      • Languages
        • Cantonese
        • Japanese
        • Mandarin
      • Also known as
        • Ninja Warriors
      • Production companies
        • Seasonal Film Corporation
        • Toei Company
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      Technical specs

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      • Runtime
        1 hour 35 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 2.35 : 1

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