Mulan (2009 film)
| Mulan: Rise of a Warrior | |
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| Directed by | Jingle Ma |
| Screenplay by | Zhang Ting |
| Produced by | Jingle Ma Wang Tian-yun Jeffrey Chan Ni Ying Li Li |
| Starring | Zhao Wei Yu Rongguang Chen Kun Hu Jun Jaycee Chan Nicky Lee Vitas |
| Cinematography | Tony Cheung |
| Edited by | Kwong Chi-leung |
| Music by | Lee Shih Shiong Lee Wei Song Yi Jiayang Cheung Ah-tung Tan Dun Xiao Ke |
Production companies | Starlight International Media Group Beijing Galloping Horse Film & TV Production Hunan TV & Broadcast Intermediary Co., Ltd. Shanghai Film Group PKU Starlight Group Beijing Polybona Film Publishing Co., Ltd. |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Budget | $6.75 million |
| Box office | $304 million |
Mulan: Rise of a Warrior (simplified Chinese: 花木兰; traditional Chinese: 花木蘭; pinyin: Huā Mùlán), also known as Mulan: Legendary Warrior, is a 2009 Chinese action war film starring Zhao Wei as the titular protagonist. The director, Jingle Ma, explained that the film is vastly different from the 1998 Walt Disney animated film and stated, "Zhao Wei's appearance is closer to that in my imagination". Zhao Wei was cast by Ma as Hua Mulan over previously-considered actresses Zhang Ziyi, Michelle Yeoh, and Liu Yifei.