The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake
2011 · 115 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 412 VOTES · DIR. Herman Yau
Overview
When the women of her time had their feet bound to please men, Qiu Jin was already questioning the sexual inequality of feudal traditions. Free-spirited and well-educated, she grew up practicing martial arts and was as well versed in poetry as she was in sword-fighting. When this rebellious girl moved to Beijing with her husband, she witnessed how her country was raided and ravaged by foreign powers. With the encouragement of her neighbor Wu Zhiying, the wife of righteous magistrate Li Zhongyue, Qiu Jin left her family behind to pursue study in Japan. There, she met some like-minded schoolmates who shared her ideals, including revolutionary leader Xu Xilin, and secretly joined his anti-Qing cause. After returning to China, Qiu Jin participated in the uprisings staged by Xu Xilin, leading a small group of hot-blooded students against the armed forces of the corrupt Qing government...
Dialogue Timeline — 1,268 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:47 "Xuan Ting Street Junction"
00:06:42 Hurry! Hurry!
00:13:59 Thank you...
00:17:17 Mom, can I meet him first?
00:23:40 Torture is the only way
00:27:02 it's everybody, men and women's responsibility, to safeguard our country
00:30:00 - Let go! Do you want to get run over? - Madam
00:33:43 How dare you!
00:37:17 which one are you capable of looking after?
00:40:09 I believe we can share our experiences across national boundaries
00:43:58 I don't have other women
00:47:45 No! This is not what I mean
00:51:01 Not her. I'm talking about you. You're married
00:53:34 Finally we meet
00:57:32 Was it not a few weeks ago?
00:59:43 Why should Qiu Jin be executed?
01:06:15 Who are you to lecture us?
01:10:40 Do you miss home?
01:15:39 I dreamed of my children
01:22:47 "Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province"
01:25:54 If you insist... Very much obliged
01:29:13 Fire!
01:32:53 Master, please trust me
01:37:06 It looks like we have to take action in the room