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 ...

Mulan’s brother-in-arms Liu Yuandu (Mei Xi ... “Lady General Hua Mu Lan” referenced the “Butterfly Lovers” legend that dated to the Tang dynasty and revolved around Zhu Yingtai ...

Mulan, in 1998 and now, is based on an ancient Chinese legend. Not a fairy tale. Her story was commonly known across Asia long before Disney’s animated feature, and it’s that story (as much as ...

Lan Dong can remember memorizing the legend of Mulan as a young girl in school. As an adult, and professor of English at the University of Illinois Springfield, she has studied the many ways the ...

The story of Mulan is based on the Chinese folk legend of Hua Mulan from the 6th century, adding to the movie's excitement and authenticity. Mulan highlights Chinese culture and values such as ...

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The legend of the female warrior has morphed greatly over some 1,500 years. By Robert Ito When rumors of a live-action, nonmusical version of “Mulan” began to trickle out a few years ago ...

Sponsor Message Many novelists, playwrights and filmmakers have already tackled the ancient folk legend of Hua Mulan, a warrior who famously disguised herself as a man and fought valiantly in the ...

As I said: contradictions. Like more than a few Chinese military epics, the Mulan legend and its various iterations have spurred criticism of their perceived nationalist overtones. This movie ...

Mulan is the latest in a long line of Disney ... live-action version to try and tell a more realistic version of the legend than the primary-colored Disney version – a version created by a ...

The updated legend provided Mulan a new but still traditional happy ending — marriage to a fellow soldier. Even a century ago, however, some young women seized on the transgressive, liberated ...