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Mulan Joins the Army (1928)

Mulan Joins the Army poster
Original title
木蘭從軍
Directed by
Hou Yao
Genre
silent film
Country
Republic of China
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young woman disguises herself as a man to take her father's place in the army. She then goes to war to defend her country.

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What happens

Mulan Joins the Army (Chinese: 木蘭從軍; pinyin: Mulan Congjun) is a 1928 Chinese film directed by Hou Yao for the China Sun Motion Picture Company. China Sun invested 30,000 yuan to send a 20-member crew to Northern China to make use of four hundred soldiers during filming. Unfortunately for China Sun, the film was beaten to release in 1927 by competitor Tianyi Film Company's Hua Mulan Joins the Army (Hua Mulan Congjun), which was directed by Li Pingqian and starred Hu Shan, the younger sister of the famed Hu Die. This film is believed to be a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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