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Kiss of the Dragon ()


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A betrayed intelligence officer enlists the aid of a prostitute to prove his innocence from a deadly conspiracy while returning a favor to her.

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Liu Jian
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Jessica Kamen
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Insp. Richard
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Mister Big
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Uncle Tai
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Aja
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Twin
Didier Azoulay ...
Twin
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Max
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Pilot
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Lupo
Colin Prince ...
Lupo's Assistant
Vincent Glo ...
Pluto
Vincent Wong ...
Minister Tang
Kentaro ...
Chen
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Richard's Right Hand Man
Stefan Nelet ...
Tang's Assistant (as Stefan Sao Nelet)
Peter Sakon Lee ...
Tang's Assistant (as Peter Lee)
Isabelle Duhauvelle ...
Isabel Kamen
Yannick Derrien ...
Bodysearch Boss
Francesca Disca ...
Red Hair Hooker
Taïra ...
Fat Hooker
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French Minister
Bertrand Waintrop ...
Customs Official
Alain Zef ...
Video Technician
Nicolas Herault ...
Video Technician
Jean-Marc Huber ...
Fat Thug
Franck Tiozzo ...
Thug (as Frank Tiozzo)
John Maczko ...
Thug
Claude Brécourt ...
Concierge
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Barman
François Nguyen ...
Chinese Bodyguard
Jocelyne Isaac ...
Subway Agent
Raymond Khamvene ...
Fat Chinese Chef Wong
Urfé Koupaki ...
Taxi Driver (Rasta)
Grégory Galin ...
Hotel Clerk
Alexander Koumpan ...
Driver Place de la Concorde
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Taxi Driver
Bernard Flavien ...
Coroner
Eric Averlant ...
Coroner
Marc Ligaudan ...
Assistant Coroner
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Cop (Sentry Box)
Alain de Catuelan ...
Cop (Station)
Ludovic Berthillot ...
Cop (Lift)
Guillaume Lamant ...
Newspaper Man
Lina Chen ...
Hooker
Barbara Bernard ...
Hooker
Pat Tourne ...
Hooker
Crystalle Seeram ...
Hooker
Karen Drotard ...
Hooker
Sabine Ben Rhadi ...
Hooker
Saadi Spera ...
Hooker
Stéphanie Martin ...
Hooker
Stéphanie Durand ...
Hooker
Carmelle Edma ...
Hooker
Schana Réaux ...
Hooker
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Lupo's Henchman (uncredited)

Directed by

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Chris Nahon

Written by

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Jet Li ... (story)
 
Luc Besson ... (screenplay) &
Robert Mark Kamen ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Luc Besson ... producer
Steven Chasman ... producer (as Steve Chasman)
Bernard Grenet ... co-producer
Jet Li ... associate producer
Happy Walters ... producer

Music by

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Craig Armstrong

Cinematography by

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Thierry Arbogast ... director of photography

Editing by

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Marco Cavé

Editorial Department

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Yseult Huret ... assistant editor
Isabelle Julien ... color timer
Stéphane Kazadi ... assistant editor
Bruno Patin ... color timer
Philippe Reinaudo ... digital intermediate technical director
Charlotte Rembauville ... assistant editor
Kathy Thomson ... digital colorist
Frédéric Thoraval ... additional editor
Soazic Veillon ... assistant editor
Matt Zogaric ... trailer editor

Casting By

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Franck Baldino
Gaëlle Barenton
Max Morel
Hélène Zidi ... (as Hélène Chéruy)

Production Design by

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Jacques Bufnoir

Art Direction by

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Frédéric Bénard
Stephen Chang

Costume Design by

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Pierre Bechir
Annie Thiellement

Makeup Department

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Frédérique Arguello ... hair stylist
Clément Bagot ... special makeup effects artist
Sophie Benaiche ... key makeup artist
José-Luis Casas ... key hair stylist (as José Lucas Casas)
Guillaume Castagné ... makeup artist / special makeup effects artist
Véronique Delmestre ... makeup artist
Christian Garcia ... key hair stylist
Denis Gastouet ... special makeup effects artist
Stéphane Malheu ... key hair stylist
Jean-Christophe Spadaccini ... special makeup effects artist

Production Management

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Eric Bassoff ... post-production supervisor
Laurent Cavalier ... production manager
Pierre-François de Malézieu ... Assistant régisseur adjoint
Thierry Guilmard ... unit production manager
Didier Hoarau ... production manager
Laurent Lasnon ... assistant unit manager
Franck Lebreton ... unit manager
Jean-Baptiste Leclère ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Gilles Bannier ... first assistant director
Gaëlle Barenton ... first assistant director: second unit
Felix Baudouin ... second assistant director: second unit
Emmanuel Breton ... second assistant director
Stéphanie Champault ... third assistant director
Jacques Eberhard ... first assistant director
Claire Galloy ... assistant director: location unit
Alfred Lot ... first assistant director
Sophie Lévy ... second assistant director
William Pruss ... first assistant director: second unit / second assistant director
Gérard Pujolar ... first assistant director
Hans Titze ... third assistant director
Corey Yuen ... action director
Sylvie Zadjner ... second assistant director: second unit

Art Department

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Lionel Callari ... property master
Philippe Durand ... carpenter
Tristan Girault ... assistant property master
Yvan Hart ... plasterer
Elodie Martin ... assistant art director
Enrique Santana ... graffiti artist

Sound Department

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Anne Delacour ... dialogue editor/adr editor
David Donaldson ... sound programmer
François-Joseph Hors ... re-recording mixer
Dominique Lacour ... sound engineer: second unit
Frédérique Lebel ... foley editor: fights
Maud Lombart ... assistant sound editor / foley editor
Didier Lozahic ... re-recording mixer
Fred Mays ... post-synchronization
Daniel Ollivier ... sound engineer: second unit
Pierre Picq ... boom operator
Vincent Tulli ... sound designer / sound engineer
Soazic Veillon ... foley editor
Stéphane Vizet ... boom operator
Ken Yasumoto ... sound engineer
John Soukup ... sound transfer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Philippe Alleton ... special effects technician
Vincent Cerutti ... pyrotechnician
Olivier Cortet ... special effects compositor
Pierre Foury ... special effects supervisor
Daniel Lenoir ... special effects technician
Jean-Pierre Maricourt ... special effects technician (as Jean-Pierre Moricourt)
Pascal Molina ... special effects
Benoît Squizzato ... special effects technician
Piotr Styczen ... special effects technician

Visual Effects by

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Pierre Blain ... digital compositor / inferno artist
Lucie Bories ... digital compositor
Stephanie Boutinaud ... digital effects artist
Alain Carsoux ... visual effects supervisor: Duboi
Arnaud Chelet ... visual effects supervisor: Eclair Numerique
Philippe Chotard ... system engineer
Ludovic Davidian ... visual effects artist
Séverine De Wever ... production coordinator
Jacques Delzescaux ... visual effects supervisor: Eclair Numerique
Stephane Dittoo ... digital compositor
Yann Doray ... digital artist
Antoine Douadi ... flame artist
Sylvian Fabre ... digital compositor
Xavier Fourmond ... digital compositor
Vincent Frei ... rotoscope artist
Julius Friede ... color grader: Eclair Numerique
Olivier Gadal ... visual effects
Aurelie Lajoux ... digital compositor
Bruno Le Provost ... 3d supervisor
Jeremie Leroux ... digital compositor
Jean-Christophe Olivier ... Inferno compositor
Antoine Simkine ... visual effects executive producer: Duboi
Philippe Soeiro ... main titles effects / visual effects supervisor: Eclair Numerique
Daniel Trujillo ... digital compositor
Cyril Pichard ... research & development (uncredited)

Stunts

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Virginie Arnaud ... stunts
Francis Auguy ... stunts
Alain Barbier ... stunts
Francis Bataille ... stunts
Joseph Beddelem ... stunts
Jean-Marc Bellu ... stunts
Affif Ben Badra ... stunts
Vincent Bersoulle ... stunts
Serge Beuchat ... stunts
Didier Biddar ... stunts
Marc Bizet ... stunts
Michel Bouis ... stunts
William Cagnard ... stunts
Vincent Chatelain ... stunts (as Gabriel Chatelain)
Bernard Chevreul ... stunts
Ken Chung ... stunts
Stephane Codou ... stunts
Gilles Conseil ... assistant stunt coordinator
Pierre N. Cuvens ... stunts
Yannick Derrien ... stunts
Sandra Escoda ... stunts
Rémy Escoffier ... stunts
Alexandrine Felquin ... stunts
Bénédicte Follet ... stunts
Sylvain Gabet ... stunts
Alain Gaudiard ... stunts
Jean Girard ... stunts
Yves Girard ... stunts
Pascaline Girardot ... stunts
Albert Goldberg ... stunts
Alain Grellier ... stunts
Stefan Gudju ... stunts (as Stephane Gudju)
Alain Guerillot ... stunts
Jian Yong Guo ... stunts: Cory Yuen Stunt Team (as Jean Yong God)
Pascal Guégan ... stunt coordinator
Philippe Guégan ... stunt coordinator
Tarick Hadouch ... stunts
Karim Hammiche ... stunts
Vincent Haquin ... stunts
Christian Hening ... stunts
Marc Hoang ... stunt double: Jet Li / stunts
Karim Hocini ... stunts
Enrico Horn ... stunts
Jean-Claude Houbart ... stunts
Sam Kai-Sen Huang ... stunts: Cory Yuen Stunt Team (as Kai Sen Huang)
Mouloud Ikhaddelene ... stunts
Ian Jenkins ... stunts
David Julienne ... stunts
Emilie Jumeaux ... stunts
Vanny Khos ... stunts
Ming Beaver Kwei ... stunts: Cory Yuen Stunt Team
Pascal Lachamby ... stunts
David Tai Vim Lai ... stunts: Cory Yuen Stunt Team
Emmanuel Lanzi ... stunts
Tse-Ming Lau ... stunts: Cory Yuen Stunt Team (as Tze Ming Lau)
Julien Laurent ... stunts
Pascal Lavanchy ... stunts
Lobo ... stunts
Grégory Loffredo ... stunts (as Greg Loffredo)
Pascal Lopez ... stunts
Stéphane Margot ... stunts
Florent Mismetti ... stunts
Christophe Moindreau ... stunts
Philippe Morel ... stunts
Waho Mosel ... stunts
David Moulin ... stunts
Frédéric Moulin ... stunts
Patrick Médioni ... stunts
Eric Nesci ... stunts
Pierre Nguyen ... stunts
Louis-Marie Nyee ... stunts
Sébastien Peres ... stunts
Eric Petch ... stunts
Varin Pitch ... stunts
Erim Pramitcche ... stunts
Frederick Renard ... stunts
Christophe Roblin ... stunts
Pierre Rousselle ... stunts
Thierry Saelens ... stunts
Loïc Saintilan ... stunts
Olivier Schneider ... stunts
Wincent Shea ... stunts
Wing Tat Shek ... stunts
Patrick Steltzer ... stunts
Tarubi ... stunts
Michaël Troude ... stunts
Frédéric Vallet ... stunts
Christian Vegner ... stunts
Olivier Vitrant ... stunts
Christian Wagner ... stunts
Tak Yuen ... stunts: Cory Yuen Stunt Team (as Richard Chung Tak Hung)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Olivier Abelé ... electrician
Damien Auriol ... grip
Stéphane Azouze-Cardin ... director of photography: second unit (as Stephane Azouze) / video scenes supervisor (as Stephane Azouze)
Fabien Benzaquen ... assistant camera
Eric Bialas ... a camera/steadicam operator
Stéphane Birzin ... grip
Fabrice Bismuth ... assistant camera
Éric Brun ... first camera assistant: second unit
David Campbell ... crane operator: Technocrane
Juliette Castanier ... second assistant camera
Eric Catelan ... steadicam operator
Mathieu Caudroy ... steadicam operator
François Chevreau ... assistant camera
Emmanuel de Fleury ... assistant camera
Guillaume Deffontaines ... focus puller
Jean-Marc Duez ... grip
Vladimir Duranovic ... grip
Hugues Espinasse ... clapper loader
Jan Gagnaire ... grip
Nicolas Herdt ... director of photography: second unit (as Nicolas Herdit)
Éric Le Roux ... camera operator (as Eric Leroux) / steadicam operator (as Eric Leroux)
Jean Legrand ... second assistant camera
Sophie Lelou ... electrician (as Sophie Mollard)
Cyril Liberman ... assistant camera
Lylo ... camera operator
Laurent Martin ... grip
Vincent Muller ... assistant camera
Benoît Pain ... camera trainee: second unit
Lionel Pedro ... assistant camera
Valérie Potonniée ... first assistant camera
Bruno Privat ... director of photography: second unit
Tarik Rebeihi ... assistant camera
Xavier Renaudot ... electrician
Luc Reyrolle ... electrician
Rodolphe Soucaret ... first assistant camera
Laurent Tangy ... focus puller

Casting Department

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Barbara Fiorentino ... casting: USA
Géraldine Mouton ... extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Nadia Cherouk ... costumer
Aline Dupays ... wardrobe
Virginie Le Metayer ... wardrobe
Julien Reignoux ... costume assistant

Location Management

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Alexandre Desmars ... assistant location manager
Rodolphe Lanaro ... location scout
Philippe Letode ... location scout

Music Department

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Craig Armstrong ... music arranger: vocals / orchestra arranger / programmer: orchestra / score arranger
Mark Berrow ... musician: violin
Nicholas Bucknall ... musician: clarinet
Matthieu Dallaporta ... assistant music mixer
Matt Dunkley ... additional orchestrator
Sarah Eyden ... singer
Andrew Findon ... musician: flute
Emma Ford ... music supervisor
Isobel Griffiths ... orchestra contractor
Stephen Hilton ... music programmer / musician: keyboards
Gary Jones ... music supervisor
Dave Jordan ... music supervisor
Patrick Kiernan ... orchestra leader
Everton Nelson ... musician: violin
Jenny O'Grady ... choral coordinator
Jojo Villanueva ... soundtrack coordinator
Cecilia Weston ... conductor
Warren Zielinski ... musician: violin
Geoff Foster ... score recordist (uncredited)
Allen Walley ... musician: double bass (uncredited)
Bruce White ... musician: viola (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Estelle Bault ... script supervisor
Karen Waks ... assistant script supervisor / script supervisor: second unit

Additional Crew

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Hank Byrd ... post production intern
Nathalie Carles ... personal assistant: B. Grenet
Karine Caumeil ... art department accounting
Frédéric Cauvy ... weapons advisor
Bruce Hwang Chen ... assistant: producer
David Donaldson ... additional programming and keyboards
Romuald Drault ... production accountant supervisor
Matt Dunkley ... midi transcriptor
Craig Scott Galper ... language coach: Mr. Jet Li
Aurelien Gimenez ... acting coach: Mr. Didier Azoulay
Eric Govignon ... production assistant
Bruno Guilhem ... assistant to unit manager: second unit
Harold Guskin ... acting coach: Mr. Jet Li
Hugo Gélin ... director: making-of featurette
Ming Beaver Kwei ... personal assistant: Mr. Jet Li
Hung Woo Kwong ... cook: Mr. Jet Li
Colette Martin ... production accountant
Marie McFerran ... production coordinator
David Meanti ... production assistant
India Osborne ... assistant: Luc Besson
Armelle Phaeton ... personal assistant: B. Grenet
Noor Sadar ... assistant location manager
Katia Sourzac ... personal assistant: Luc Besson
Hugo Veludo ... trainee production assistant
Corey Yuen ... martial arts choreographer
Vincent Dragusseau ... making-of director (uncredited)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Liu Jian, a police officer from China, comes to Paris to help the vice squad apprehend a Chinese drug lord and his unknown French connection. The French connection is Richard, the head of the vice squad, who intends to kill the drug lord then frame Jian. Jian ducks a bullet and escapes with a tape of what really happened. By chance, Jian turns to Jessica - a US farm girl who is one of Richard's hookers - for help. She has her own problems, including the fact that Richard has her daughter locked in an orphanage to keep Jessica on the streets and silent about his activities. Can Jian protect Jessica, rescue her daughter, and give Richard the kiss of the dragon? Written by

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Taglines Kiss Fear Goodbye See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le Baiser mortel du dragon (France)
  • Le Baiser du dragon (France)
  • KOD: Kiss of the Dragon (United States)
  • El beso del dragón (Spain)
  • Polibek draka (Czechia)
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Runtime
  • 98 min
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Box Office

Budget $25,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend France $1,010,423, 10 Aug 2001
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $64,437,847

Did You Know?

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Trivia Director Chris Nahon had to slow down the fight scene between Jet Li and Cyril Raffaelli because they were moving too fast for the camera. See more »
Goofs In the beginning when Liu Jian attempts to escape the French and breaks the door open after going down one level, he closes the glass door into the balcony. But when Richard and his men go into that room the balcony door is open. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Crazy/Beautiful/Baby Boy/Pootie Tang/Lost and Delirious/The Crimson Rivers/Himalaya (2001). See more »
Soundtracks As If You Said Nothing See more »
Quotes Richard: What did you do to me?
Liu Jian: I put a needle in your neck.
Richard: That's it?
Liu Jian: In a certain point. Very forbidden. It's called the Kiss of the Dragon.
Richard: Kiss my ass!
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