Mulan (2009)

Original title

花木兰

Directed by

Jingle Ma

Genre

drama film, action film, war film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

People's Republic of China, United States

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

M

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 450 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman secretly takes her aging father's place in the Chinese army. She must hide her identity while leading soldiers through brutal wars.

epicsombergrittybattle-filleddeterminedloyalemotionally heavyheroic

What happens

Mulan: Rise of a Warrior (simplified Chinese: 花木兰; traditional Chinese: 花木蘭; pinyin: Huā Mùlán), also known as Mulan: Legendary Warrior, is a 2009 Chinese action war film starring Zhao Wei as the titular protagonist. The director, Jingle Ma, explained that the film is vastly different from the 1998 Walt Disney animated film and stated, "Zhao Wei's appearance is closer to that in my imagination". Zhao Wei was cast by Ma as Hua Mulan over previously considered actresses Zhang Ziyi, Michelle Yeoh, and Liu Yifei, the latter of whom would later play the titular character in Disney's remake of the 1998 animated film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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