On July 22, 2025, Eureka Classics releases The Tattooed Dragon for the first time on Blu-ray anywhere in the world from a 2K restoration.

Written and directed by Lo Wei, the man behind the Bruce Lee hits The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, The Tattooed Dragon was designed to bring martial arts superstar Jimmy Wang Yu (The One-Armed Swordsman) to a global audience still hungry for kung fu cinema in the aftermath of Lee’s death. Featuring Sylvia Chang (Slaughter in San Francisco) and James Tien (Shaolin Boxer) in a villainous role, it follows The Big Boss in pitting a legendary fighter against organized crime.

Wang Yu stars as the eponymous Tattooed Dragon, a virtuous martial artist who makes a habit of defending the defenseless. After he is injured in a fight, he is taken in by a farmer (Sam Hui, The Swordsman) and his sweetheart (Chang), and soon finds himself having to defend their local village when it becomes the target of a gangster (Tien) and his crew. Determined to lay their hands on the village’s rich resources, the gangsters install a casino and encourage the locals to gamble away everything they have.

The Tattooed Dragon is a showcase for Jimmy Wang Yu following his move from Shaw Brothers to Golden Harvest in the early 1970s, boasting cinematography by Cheung Yiu-tsou (Police Story) and stunts coordinated by Simon Hsu (The Flying Guillotine).

Bonus Materials

• Limited to 2000 copies
• Limited edition O-card slipcase featuring artwork by Sean Longmore
• Limited edition collector’s booklet featuring writing on The Tattooed Dragon by film critic and writer James Oliver
• The Tattooed Dragon presented in 1080p HD from a 2K restoration
• Original Mandarin mono and English dubbed audio options
• Optional English subtitles, translated for this release
• Audio commentary by East Asian cinema expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival)
• Audio commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• Here Be Dragons, a discussion of Tattooed Dragon with martial arts cinema expert Wayne Wong