Mulan Joins the Army is the earliest available movie version of the Mulan story. There were two silent movies made before it, but they're lost. It's the first talkie movie of the story ...

Featuring intense action sequences and sweeping cinematography, the latest Mulan trailer shows the titular heroine vowing to “bring honor to us all,” leading an army of men into battle against ...

Every family is ordered to send one man to fight in the Imperial Army. To spare her aging father, Mulan steals his sword and armor and takes his place, passing herself off as a man named Hua Jun ...

and again after Mulan’s commander expels her from the imperial army, the Witch and Mulan aren’t that different. They both have the same power. If Mulan channeled her chi, the Witch tells her ...

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Li Shang has been split into two characters: Mulan’s fellow army conscript Chen Honghui (Yoson An), and Commander Tung (Donnie Yen). The reason? It felt uncomfortable to have Mulan’s boss also ...

On the big screen, she’s starred in silent movies (“Hua Mulan Joins the Army” from 1927); a gorgeous, full-color musical by the legendary Shaw Brothers (“Lady General Hua Mu-Lan,” 1964 ...

Mulan is a woman caught between two worlds, a dutiful daughter who disguises herself as a male soldier to save her father’s life. On paper, Yifei Liu — the star of Disney’s new live-action ...

Related stories "We had another character named Bao Gung who was the sergeant and then Shang was in the army," said Bancroft of the cut "Mulan" character. "It was very similar. We went in a ...

The most intriguing character in Disney’s visually dazzling new spin on “Mulan” is not the intrepid young woman who passes herself off as a male soldier, fights off an invading army and ...

The basic premise is the same: A young woman named Mulan pretends to be a man to enter the army and save her father. But director Niki Caro says her version probably won't feature any songs and is ...