
When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.


“Jet Li and Tsui Hark are back together.”
Three years after the infamous Dragon Inn was burnt down in the desert when its innkeeper Jade vanished. A new gang of marauders had taken over - innkeepers by day and treasure hunters by night. The inn is the rumoured location of a lost city buried under the desert, and its hidden treasure would only be revealed by a gigantic storm every 60 years. The gang used the inn as a front to locate the lost treasure.

Jet Li
Chow Wai-on

Zhou Xun
Ling Yan Qiu

Chen Kun
Yu Huatian / Fengli Dao

Gwei Lun-Mei
Chang Xiao Wen

Chris Lee Yuchun
Gu Shaotang

Louis Fan Siu-Wong
Ma Jinliang

Mavis Fan
Su Huirong

Du Yiheng
Ji Xueyong

Viann Zhang Xinyu
Imperial Consort Wan

Sheng Chien
Tan Luzi
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate is a action, adventure, drama film released in 2011 exploring themes of martial arts, sandstorm, eunuch, concubine, chinese emperor, wuxia. Directed by Tsui Hark, it stars Jet Li, Zhou Xun, Chen Kun. Three years after the infamous Dragon Inn was burnt down in the desert when its innkeeper Jade vanished. A new gang of marauders had taken over - innkeepers by day and treasure hunters by night. The inn is the rumoured location of a lost city buried under the desert, and its hidden treasure would only be revealed by a gigantic storm every 60 years. The gang used the inn as a front to locate the lost treasure.
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