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"
00:07:23 Besiege Da Tong, watch and guard all entrances
00:14:11 Here you go!
00:17:33 a royal court scholastic title will come in time
00:24:05 without sufficient evidence
00:27:52 I can understand you're not in a very good mood
00:30:29 Why are you taking us here?
00:34:52 Master Gui Fu
00:38:04 Yes... Get Madam a cup of tea
00:41:11 I would do something shocking to alarm them
00:45:02 I'm not able
00:49:20 to understand what I want
00:52:16 An experiment on explosives failed
00:56:07 the very same star probably no longer exists
00:58:31 Only rich people
01:04:25 living a self indulgent life, depraved, degenerate, corrupt...
01:09:07 I'd like to write a poem to bid farewell to the world
01:14:02 There's nothing better than...
01:19:12 Mom, be careful what you say
01:25:11 Certainly you have my full support
01:28:13 Execution time!
01:32:11 Take a look...
01:35:43 "Anqing Police Academy"
01:52:19 Someday...