The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake

The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake
The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake
	China poster
Directed by	Herman Yau
Written by	Erica Li
Starring	Huang Yi ; Kevin Cheng ; Pat Ha ; Dennis To ; Anthony Wong ; Lam Suet
Release date	13 October 2011;
Countries	China; Hong Kong
Language	Mandarin

The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake (Chinese: 竞雄女侠·秋瑾) is a 2011 Chinese/Hong Kong biographical film about Chinese feminist revolutionary Qiu Jin, directed by Herman Yau and starring Huang Yi.^[1]^[2]

Plot

The film tells the story of Qiu Jin and her involvement in revolutionary uprisings against the Qing Dynasty in Anhui province. Influences on her life are shown through a series of flashbacks. As a child, Qiu Jin resisted having her feet bound according to common practice, and instead pursued her interests to learn horse riding, martial arts and literature with her father and brother. Through her poetry, she expresses her sorrow at the weak state of the nation and the repression of women. Finding other like minded women in Beijing and then travelling to Japan to study reinforces her view that nationalist action is required to reform China.

Returning to China, Qiu Jin takes the position as Xu Xilin's lieutenant, assisting with the training of revolutionaries at the Datong school and plotting the revolution. Xu Xilin is later captured while executing the assassination of the governor, and Qiu Jin is captured when government forces storm the Datong school. Qiu Jin is tortured in an attempt to reveal other conspirators and she is later executed.

Cast

References

^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 131. ISBN 978-1908215017.
^ Marsh, James (18 October 2011). "THE WOMAN KNIGHT OF MIRROR LAKE Review". Twitch Film. Archived from the original on 23 October 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.

External links

The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake at IMDb
The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake at Hong Kong Cinemagic
The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake at HKMDB

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[1] Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 131. ISBN 978-1908215017.

[2] Marsh, James (18 October 2011). "THE WOMAN KNIGHT OF MIRROR LAKE Review". Twitch Film. Archived from the original on 23 October 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.

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