[2] Zhao Wei was cast by Ma as Hua Mulan over actresses Zhang Ziyi, Michelle Yeoh, and Liu Yifei, who were all considered for the role.

Through the harsh military training, Mulan proves to be quite courageous, quick-thinking, and unstoppable, always helping others fend off the army bullies.

When they regain consciousness, Mulan is reunited with Wentai and she orders a retreat back into the closed canyon.

Wentai goes to the front line and announces he is the 7th Prince of Wei, and offers to be taken prisoner in return for Mulan and her soldiers' freedom.

Talking to the Rouran princess, she reveals her gender as a woman and tells her that she would help her fulfill her dream to stop the war and have peace.

As Mulan asks to only return to her village to take care of her ill father, the emperor announces the engagement of the Rouran Princess and Wentai to bring peace to the two empires.

This was the second collaboration between Beijing Film Academy classmates Zhao Wei and Chen Kun after Painted Skin.

On the film's opening day Beijing Screen, the Chinese government recognized Mulan:[3] In 2011, Mulan earned the 9th Henan province governmental award - movie category of Achieving Five Top Project Prize[4] In the United Kingdom, it was 2020's third-best-selling foreign language film on physical home video formats (below Parasite and Weathering with You).