Las garras del dragón (1979): reparto, argumento y streaming

Released in 1979, Las garras del dragón is an acción film directed by Joseph Kuo, running about 92 minutes.

What it’s about. A "Dragon Claw" master returns from Manchuria where he became a traitor to China. He's after the coveted Dragon Claw Golden Tablet that will force people to bow down to him. He challenges the Grand-master who has a checkered past of his own. The Grand-master happens to suffers from a terminal chronic injury related to his evil past. The traitor kills the grand-master, causing his wife and son the go into hiding. The wife seems to really be the Dragon Claw master in the family and she vows to train her son the kung fu secrets. The son finds that one of his friends has learned a strange style of kung fu from a filthy medicine man. The son seeks him out to improve his kung fu and defeat the traitor.

Who’s in it. Las garras del dragón stars Lau Ga-Yung as Lung Hsia, Hwang Jang-Lee as Ling Ko Fung, Pak Sha-Lik as Beggar Medicine man and Hon Kwok-Choi as A Tsai, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.3/10, Las garras del dragón has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Las garras del dragón page.

If you liked it. Fans of Las garras del dragón tend to enjoy El caballero oscuro, El señor de los anillos: El retorno del rey, Origen and El señor de los anillos: La comunidad del anillo.