Empire Australasia

MULAN

OUT NOW (DISNEY+) CERT PG / 115 MINS

DIRECTOR Niki Caro

CAST Liu Yifei, Donnie Yen, Jet Li, Gong Li, Jason Scott Lee

PLOT When the Emperor Of China (Jet Li) decrees that one man per family must join the Imperial Army to defend the country from vengeful Northern invaders, Hua Mulan (Liu Yifei) disguises herself as Hua Jun and secretly rides out to take the place of her frail father (Tzi Ma).

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