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Red Heroine

192995 minChina
AdventureFantasy

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.

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Internet Archive
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Chinese.
This copy runs
94:44
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Chinese. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Internet Archive · Wen Yiming, Shang Guanwu · Public domain (PDM)

Cast

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 ClassicsWikimedia Commons · copyright referenceChina · Copyright Law, Article 23US Copyright Office · foreign worksWikimedia Commons · film copy

Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 11, 2026.

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