Click here to copy URL

Heroine in Red

Original title: Hongxia
Year: 1929
Running time: 94 min.
Country: China
Director: Wen Yimin
Cast: Fan Xueming, Wen Yimin, Zhu Shaoquan
Cinematography: Yao Shiquan (B&W)
Genre: Drama | Silent Film. Martial Arts
Synopsis: A band of outlaws raids a village and kidnaps a maiden (Fan Xuepeng), causing the death of the young woman's grandmother. The captive maiden is rescued by a mysterious Taoist hermit and re-emerges three years later as a full-fledged warrior, flying to the sky to revenge her grandmother's death. While generously sprinkled with anachronisms and prurient incongruities (imagine a bandit's harem of beauties in bikinis), the film remains a robust telling of a young woman's transformation from abject victim to resolute warrior. RED HEROINE (China, 1929) is the only surviving episode of a 13-part serial, and apparently the earliest complete martial-arts film.

Movie Soulmates' ratings: Register so you can access movie recommendations tailored to your movie taste.
Friends' ratings: Register so you can check out ratings by your friends, family members, and like-minded members of the FA community.

Is the synopsis/plot summary missing? Do you want to report a spoiler, error or omission? Please send us a message.
If you are not a registered user please send us an email to [email protected]

All copyrighted material (movie posters, DVD covers, stills, trailers) and trademarks belong to their respective producers and/or distributors.

For US ratings information please visit: www.mpaa.org www.filmratings.com www.parentalguide.org

User history

Heroine in Red

1929

Wen Yimin