This movie isn't about some gal going off to war to prove herself, or break free from the caste system, like so many other disney heroines. Mulan (“magnolia”) is a legendary character in chinese literature who is best known in the modern day from the disney filmed adaptations (1998, 2020) Her story, however, about a young girl who takes her father's place in the army to help save her country, is hundreds of years old. Hua mulan, in chinese legend, was a heroine who—disguised as a man—joined the army in place of her father After performing great military feats, she was honored by the emperor Her story is immortalized in the folk song ‘the ballad of mulan.’
Disney brings an ancient legend to life in this animated tale of a tomboy who disguises herself as a man so she can fight with the chinese army Watch trailers & learn more. With yifei liu, donnie yen, gong li, jet li To keep her ailing father from serving in the imperial army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man and battles northern invaders in china.
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