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The Tattooed Dragon 龍虎金剛 ( 1973)
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Tattooed Dragon, The (1973) Review Posted on March 28, 2022 by Ian Whittle “The Tattooed Dragon” Theatrical Poster Director: Lo Wei Cast: Jimmy Wang Yu, Sylvia Chang Ai Chi, Sam Hui Koon Kit, James Tien Chun, Dorian Tan Tao Liang, Lee Kwan, Tong Tin Hei, Pipop Pupinyo, Nai Jia Running Time: 94 min. By Ian Whittle After two less than stellar features lensed in Japan, A Man Called Tiger and Seaman No.7 , the Lo Wei/Jimmy Wang Yu/Golden Harvest team finally achieve some success with their third collaboration. In Thailand, a mysterious fighter known only as The Dragon discovers some crooks with stolen charity money. Beating the living daylights out of them, he flees injured with the loot and is taken in by a farmer (Sam Hui) and his fiancée (Sylvia Chang). Meanwhile, the crook’s boss (James Tien) hatches a scheme to get hold of mineral-rich land by opening a casino, and getting the land cheap by obtaining the local’s houses to settle their gambling debts. And there’s an adorable dog named Lassie…I mean Lanni, stealing scenes left right and centre! There is a sense of the guard changing when you have Jimmy Wang Yu and Sam Hui sharing the screen. The former was on his way down from the d…
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