{"title":"Taiwan","description":"Films from Taiwan on DVD and blu ray","products":[{"product_id":"dragon-inn-dvd-and-blu-ray-dual-format","title":"Dragon Inn (blu ray) standard edition","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rHFmQeKJ-qA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA quintessential entryway into the highly stylized, tightly choreographed wuxia genre of martial arts cinema. DRAGON INN was a global breakthrough for the form’s greatest practitioner, King Hu. 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