Hong Kong Synopsis
飛龍斬
Lo Lieh stars as Sima Jun, a killer working for a corrupt lord whose orders are followed without question or hesitation. When the lord suffers from a life-threatening boil on his back, he is told by the Imperial doctor that an herb called "Longevity Rattan" offers the only cure and is grown in a remote village by an herbalist named Tan. Lo is sent on a mission to get the herb and bring it back before it's too late.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Dragon Missile. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 1975–1977 Hong Kong Window
The Dragon Missile holds position #26 of 38 Hong Kong films in the 1975–1977 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1970s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Hong Kong, 122 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Dragon Missile premiered alongside 17 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 17 other Hong Kong films in 1976.
The 63rd Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
14 audience reviews — more than 25% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 15th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Dragon Missile, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- herbal medicines · 1
- decapitation · 8
- poison · 6
- martial arts · 369
- wuxia · 35
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #634 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (24th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.5 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #413 of 516 (top 80%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | Shaw Brothers |
| Runtime | 1h 22m |
| Release Date | April 24, 1976 |
| IMDb | tt0074521 |