Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)

2011 film by Tsui Hark

Released

2011

Country

People's Republic of China, Hong Kong

Language

Putonghua

Genre

Martial arts film

Director

Tsui Hark

Screenplay

Tsui Hark

Producer

Tsui Hark, Yu Dong, Nansun Shi

Music

Wai Lap Wu

Starring

Jet Li, Chen Kun, Louis Fan, Gordon Liu, Mavis Fan, Gwei Lun-Mei, Zhou Xun, Li Yuchun

Running time

125 minutes

Production company

China Film Group Corporation, Shanghai Media Group

Distributor

Netflix

Based on

Dragon Gate Inn, New Dragon Gate Inn

Set in

Ming dynasty

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (simplified Chinese: 龙门飞甲; traditional Chinese: 龍門飛甲) is a 2011 action wuxia film directed, co-written and co-produced by Tsui Hark, starring Jet Li, Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, Li Yuchun, Gwei Lun-mei, Louis Fan, and Mavis Fan. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film is a remake of Dragon Gate Inn (1967) and New Dragon Gate Inn (1992) but takes place three years after the original setting.

Filmed in 3-D from October 2010 to January 2011, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate was released in China on 16 December 2011 and in Hong Kong on 23 December, before was screened out of competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012. Received positive reviews from critics, it won two awards at the 2012 Asian Film Awards, won five at the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards, and won Best Visual Effects at the 49th Golden Horse Awards.

More films directed by Tsui Hark

• The Butterfly Murders 1979
• Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain 1983
• Righting Wrongs 1986
• The Master 1989
• The Swordsman 1990
• The Raid 1991
• Once Upon a Time in China 1991
• Once Upon a Time in China 1991
• Once Upon a Time in China II 1992
• New Dragon Gate Inn 1992
• Twin Dragons 1992
• Once Upon a Time in China III 1993
• Once Upon a Time in China V 1994
• Love in the Time of Twilight 1995
• Black Mask 2: City of Masks 2002
• Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame 2010
• Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants 2025

Nominations

• Asian Film Award for Best Actor
• Asian Film Award for Best Director
• Asian Film Award for Best Film
• Asian Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress
• Hundred Flowers Award for Best Director
• Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor
• Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• TMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q1090566 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.