The Dragon Tamers

The Dragon Tamers
The Dragon Tamers
Traditional Chinese	女子跆拳群英會
Simplified Chinese	女子跆拳群英会
Literal meaning	Women's Taekwondo Elite Club
Hanyu Pinyin	Nǚzǐ Tái Quán Qún Yīng Huì
Jyutping	Neoi2 Zi2 Toi4 Kyun4 Kwan4 Jing1 Wui2
Directed by	John Woo
Written by	John Woo
Produced by	Raymond Chow
Starring	James Tien; Carter Wong; Kim Chang-suk
Cinematography	Li Cheng-chun
Edited by	Peter Cheung; Chin Chang-chun
Music by	Joseph Koo
Distributed by	Golden Harvest Company
Release date	15 March 1975 (Hong Kong);
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Mandarin

The Dragon Tamers, also known as Belles of Taekwondo (Chinese: 女子跆拳群英會), is a 1975 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by John Woo and starring James Tien, Carter Wong and Kim Chang-suk. This is the second feature-length film to be directed by Woo, following The Young Dragons in 1974.

This action picture from Golden Harvest was filmed in South Korea. The stunt choreographer, Chuan Chen, had been a recognized talent at Golden Harvest, having worked on many of their films. His assistant on this particular production was Jackie Chan.

Cast

James Tien as Nan Kung
Carter Wong as Fang
Kim Chang-suk as Sheng Ming-mei
Ji Han-jae as Master Sheng
Yeung Wai as Yuan (younger)
Kim Ki-ju as Yuan (elder)
Chan Chuen as Yuan's top fighter
Hsu Hsia as Yuan's thug
Yuen Wah as a student beaten by Nan
Chik Ngai-hung as Yuan's thug
Lee Ye-min
Martin Chui
Jang Jeong-kuk
Ina Ryoko
Kobayashi Chie
Saijo Nami
Hara Keiko
Park Seong-jae
Lee Dae-yeob as Master Pai
Woo Yeon-jeong as a woman in love with Nan Kung
Tam Bo
Kim Wang-kuk as a man defeated by Yuans
Lee Joo-keun
Ho Choi-yat

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Written only	A Better Tomorrow (2010)
Produced only	A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon (1989) Peace Hotel (1995) Somebody Up There Likes Me (1996) The Big Hit (1998) Bulletproof Monk (2003) Blood Brothers (2007) Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina (2007) Seediq Bale (2011)