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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 604

Red Heroine

192995 minChina

Adventure Fantasy

Video edition: YouTube
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Chinese.
This copy runs: 94:44
Subtitles: Subtitles embedded in the picture

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Synopsis

A village girl loses her grandmother as rival armies ravage the countryside. Taken under the protection of a mysterious martial-arts master, she trains to confront the men responsible. When another family falls into the same warlord’s hands, her private grief becomes a mission to rescue those who cannot defend themselves.

Cast

Fan Xuepeng

Xu Guohui

Wang Chuqin

Shang Guanwu

DirectorsWen Yimin

Historical context

The film belongs to the late-1920s boom in wuxia cinema. A woman avenger, flying effects and magical interventions coexist with a story about civilians caught between armies, giving the fantasy a recognizably contemporary source of anger.

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Chinese Film Classics Wikimedia Commons · copyright reference China · Copyright Law, Article 23 US Copyright Office · foreign works Internet Archive · film copy Wikimedia Commons · film copy

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Availability checked on September 11, 2026.

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