John Woo's Taekwondo Film The Dragon Tamers Gets an 88 Films Blu-ray
88 Films is releasing John Woo's 1975 Golden Harvest martial arts film The Dragon Tamers on Blu-ray with a 2K remaster, in the UK on 21 December and the US on 5 January.
UK release Mon 21 Dec
The Dragon Tamers is a 1975 John Woo film from Golden Harvest, and 88 Films is putting it out on Blu-ray in the UK on 21 December 2026, remastered in 2K from the original camera negatives. The US edition from 88 Films US follows on 5 January 2027.
In 88 Films' description, young Nan Kung travels to Korea to learn taekwondo and runs into a violent gang that wants to pull the martial arts school into its schemes. James Tien, Carter Wong and Kim Chang Sook star, and the US listing adds Han Jae Ji to the cast. 88 Films calls it a classic example of the mid-70s Hong Kong fight fest.
The UK disc is Region AB, rated 15 and runs about 108 minutes. It has Mandarin and English mono soundtracks, English subtitles and an audio commentary by David West, whom the US listing describes as a Hong Kong cinema expert. There's also The Young Dragon, a piece with Carter Wong (credited as Carter Huang on the UK page), along with the English opening credits, the original trailer and an image gallery.
The limited edition comes in a double-walled O-ring slipcase with new artwork by Aurelio Lorenzo, plus a double-sided foldout poster. The reversible sleeve carries the original Hong Kong poster art.
It's £16.99 to pre-order from 88 Films in the UK. The US price is $29.95, reduced to $19.47 on pre-order at 88films.us, where the disc is Region 1.
88 Films points out that a whole order containing any pre-order won't ship until the last release date in it.
