Mulan Joins the Army (1939)
This movie is based on the famous Chinese folklore that is more than one and a half millennium old. The same folklore was what the Disney animation Mulan is based on, and similarly, it was what many Chinese movies/operas/plays based on.
Director:
Bu Wan-Cang
Writer:
Ouyang Yuqian
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Nancy Wan-Seung Chan as Mulan |
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Mei Xi as Liu Yuandu |
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Han Lan-Gen as Han Kui |
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Huang Naishuang as 木兰妹 |
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Jiqun Liu as Liu Ying |
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Zhang Zhizhi as Smoothie |
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Xiucen Yin as Goodie |
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Yiu Kwang-Chao as You Liang |
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Jingling Hong as Barbarian soldier |
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He Jianfei as Mulan's father |
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Xiaozhu Ye as 木兰弟 |
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Jiting Wang as 诈降番将 |
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Xiu Jiang as 文帝 |
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Furong Ge as 番兵乙 |
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傅威廉 as 元帅 |
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Jie Tang as 军师 |
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Di Wang as |
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Yan Yan as |
| Art | Hanchen Zhang | Set Designer |
| Production | Zhang Shankun | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sung Siu-Kong | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Xue Boqing | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Chen Yiqing | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lu Shi-Hou | Costume Design |
| Writing | Ouyang Yuqian | Screenplay |
| Directing | Bu Wan-Cang | Director |
| Sound | Gongshang Yan | Original Music Composer |