Huang Yi as Qiu Jin, China's most famous female revolutionary
The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake (2011) Chinese Movie Information
Title in Chinese – 竞雄女侠·秋瑾
Title in Pinyin – Jian Hu Nu Xia Qiu Jin
Genre – Historical
Subject/theme – The life of China’s legendary female revolutionary Qiu JIn and her fight against the corrupt Qing Dynasty
Language – Mandarin
Region – Hong Kong, China
Release date
Hong Kong – 13 October 2011
Singapore – 20 October 2011
USA – April 2012
Movie running time – 115 minutes
Cast & Role Played
Huang Yi – Qiu Jin, revolutionary
Rose Chan – Fusheng, Qiu Jin’s companion
Anthony Wong – Li Zhong-yue , new governor
Kevin Cheng – Ting-jun, Qiu Jin’s husband
Dennis To – Xu Xilin, revolutionary leader
Lam Suet – Governor Gui Fu
Story
Qiu Jin was a woman ahead of her times who championed women’s rights for education, equality and to be free of customs such as foot binding. Her struggle for better treatment of women gradually involved her in the revolution against the corrupt Qing Dynasty and eventually led to her death by execution in 1907.
The movie is a lavish spectacular that chronicles the last days of her life with flashbacks to her youth, her refusal to have her feet bound, her education in Japan and her marriage where she rebelled against the traditional of a humble and subordinate wife.