Dragon from Russia

Dragon from Russia 紅場飛龍
DVD front cover
Directed by	Clarence Fok
Produced by	Dean Shek
Written by	Ryoichi Ikegami Kazuo Koike
Starring	Sam Hui Maggie Cheung Nina Li Chi Carrie Ng Loletta Lee Dean Shek
Cinematography	Peter Ngor Chi Kwan
Editing by	Ming Lam Wong
Distributed by	Mei Ah Laser Disc Co., LTD Golden Harvest
Release date(s)	August 3, 1990 (1990-08-03)
Running time	96 min.
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese

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 Dean Shek. This is Dean Shek’s final film appearance.

Plot

Yao Long 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 call themselves "800 Dragons". After losing his memory of his past, he is forced to take very strict martial art 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 hide for their life. Knowing that Yao fails to follow the order, the 800 Dragons are now trying to kill both of them. ^[1]

Cast

• Sam Hui – Mr. Yo
• Maggie Cheung – May
• Nina Li Chi – Chime
• Carrie Ng – Huntress
• Loletta Lee – Pearl
• Dean Shek – Snooker
• Hing Suen – Sunny
• Tak Yuen – Master of the Head / Teddy Wong
• Ying Bai – Frankie
• Shun Lau – Kishudo
• Sarah Lee – Queenie

DVD release

On February 24, 2003, DVD was released in Hong Kong Legends at Europe in Region 2.

Ten months later, Hong Kong Legends DVD were released on December 29, 2003 at 3 disc set Manga in Motion including two classic martial arts films they were: Story of Ricky and City Hunter.

References

1. ^ http://www.kfccinema.com/reviews/kungfu/dragonrussia/dragonrussia.html