Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Miguel Ferrer | ... | Shan-Yu (voice) | |
Harvey Fierstein | ... | Yao (voice) | |
Freda Foh Shen | ... | Fa Li (voice) | |
June Foray | ... | Grandmother Fa (voice) | |
James Hong | ... | Chi Fu (voice) | |
Miriam Margolyes | ... | The Matchmaker (voice) | |
Pat Morita | ... | The Emperor (voice) | |
Eddie Murphy | ... | Mushu (voice) | |
Marni Nixon | ... | Grandmother Fa (singing voice) | |
Soon-Tek Oh | ... | Fa Zhou (voice) | |
Donny Osmond | ... | Shang (singing voice) | |
Lea Salonga | ... | Mulan (singing voice) | |
James Shigeta | ... | General Li (voice) | |
George Takei | ... | First Ancestor (voice) | |
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Jerry Tondo | ... | Chien-Po (voice) (as Jerry S. Tondo) |
This retelling of the old Chinese folktale is about the story of a young Chinese maiden who learns that her weakened and lame father is to be called up into the army in order to fight the invading Huns. Knowing that he would never survive the rigours of war in his state, she decides to disguise herself and join in his place. Unknown to her, her ancestors are aware of this and to prevent it, they order a tiny disgraced dragon, Mushu to join her in order to force her to abandon her plan. He agrees, but when he meets Mulan, he learns that she cannot be dissuaded and so decides to help her in the perilous times ahead. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
I can't think of a single animated feature film done by Disney that I don't like. For some reason they never bore me and they never feel the same. The classics like 'Snow White' and 'Cinderella' are great but I think I like the newer ones ('The Little Mermaid', 'Beauty and the Beast', 'The Lion King') even more. 'Mulan' definitely belongs to the best ones.
Mulan is a girl who doesn't do much right. For the honor of her family she joins the army instead of her father. She takes his gear and runs off. She pretends to be a man and does the training to go to war against the Huns who invaded China.
With some nice new songs, great music by Jerry Goldsmith and beautiful animations this is a real Disney. A little dragon called Mushu is helping her on the way. He is send by the ancestors. The voice of Mushu is from Eddie Murphy and he does a very great job. With a quick and good story and a lot of funny moments this is a great movie.