Acclaimed director Niki Caro vividly reimagines the epic tale of a young woman who risks everything for family and her country.
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No make-up can hide that preoccupied expression.
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When the Emperor demands one man per family defend the country from Northern invaders, Hua Mulan (Yifei Liu) takes the place of her ailing father.
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The Emperor in all his splendor, played by Jet Li.
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Mulan, disguised as Jun, readies for battle alongside fellow soldiers.
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Hong Kong martial arts legend Donnie Yen plays Commander Tung, the leader of Mulan's battalion who becomes a mentor to her.
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Tzi Ma plays Zhou, Mulan's father. "Zhou tries to contain her spirit as much as he knows how. But it’s impossible because you cannot contain that kind of a spirit," the actor says of their relationship.
"She’s realized that she deserves the freedom of being a woman and who she wants to be," says Liu of her character.
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Finding the right actor to play Mulan took more than a year and thousands of auditions.
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“Mulan's journey from village girl to male soldier to warrior and hero is a story that’s as relevant and as resonant as it was when it was first written over fifteen hundred years ago," says director Niki Caro.