Flying Swords of Dragon Gate

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Hong Kong poster
龙门飞甲
Directed byTsui Hark
Screenplay by
  • Tsui Hark
  • Zhu Yali
  • Ho Kei-ping
Story byTsui Hark
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyChoi Sung-fai
Edited byYau Chi-wai
Music byWilliam Wu
Production
companies
Distributed byDistribution Workshop
Release dates
  • 15 December 2011 (2011-12-15) (China)
  • 22 December 2011 (2011-12-22) (Hong Kong)
Running time
125 minutes
Countries
  • China
  • Hong Kong
LanguageMandarin
BudgetUS$35 million
Box officeUS$100 million

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (龙门飞甲) is a 2011 Hong Kong–Chinese wuxia film directed by Tsui Hark, starring Jet Li, Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, Li Yuchun, Gwei Lun-mei, Louis Fan and Mavis Fan. The film is a remake of Dragon Gate Inn (1966) and New Dragon Gate Inn (1992) but takes place three years after the original setting. Shooting for the film started on 10 October 2010 and it was filmed in 3-D.

The film was screened out of competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012. It was nominated for eight awards at the 2012 Asian Film Awards and won two: Best Visual Effects and Best Costume Design.