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Dragon Tiger Gate

Dragon Tiger Gate
The Hong Kong poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese龍虎門
Simplified Chinese龙虎门
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLóng Hǔ Mén
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingLung4 Fu2 Mun4
Directed byWilson Yip
Screenplay byEdmond Wong
Based onOriental Heroes
by Wong Yuk-long
Produced byNansun Shi
Raymond Wong
Yu Dong
Xu Pengle
StarringDonnie Yen
Nicholas Tse
Shawn Yue
Dong Jie
Li Xiaoran
Yu Kang
Chen Kuan-tai
Yuen Wah
CinematographyKo Chiu-lam
Edited byCheung Ka-fai
Music byKenji Kawai
Production
companies
Distributed byMandarin Films
Release dates
  • 1 August 2005 (2005-08-01) (United Kingdom)
  • 28 July 2006 (2006-07-28) (Hong Kong)
Running time
96 minutes
CountriesHong Kong
China
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin
Box officeHK $12,108,465

Dragon Tiger Gate is a 2005 Hong Kong martial arts fantasy film directed by Wilson Yip and featuring fight choreography by Donnie Yen, who also starred in the lead role. The film co-stars Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Dong Jie, Li Xiaoran, Yu Kang, Chen Kuan-tai, and Yuen Wah. The film is based on the manhua Oriental Heroes,[1] which bears the same Chinese title as the film. The film's release in all English-speaking territories is handled by The Weinstein Company.[2]

A punching bag constructed for the film, measuring about 8 feet (2.4 m) high, 5 feet (1.5 m) wide and weighing about 400 pounds, was certified as the world's largest by Guinness World Records.[3]

  1. ^ Lee, Wing-sze (10 March 2006). "Role opens kung fu gate for Yue". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  2. ^ Weinstein Watch: Dragon Tiger Gate Archived 13 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Twitchfilm.net, 11 April 2006 (Retrieved 26 July 2006).
  3. ^ Dragon Tiger Gate Enters Guinness World Records Archived 15 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine, CRIENGLISH.com, 9 July 2006 (Retrieved 26 July 2006).

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