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Veteran Hong Kong director Herman Yau (The Untold Story, Taxi Hunter) takes the helm for this period adventure about a 19th Century Chinese woman who assumed the identity of a man to fight the oppression of women. A rebellious paramilitary leader and revolutionary poet, Qui Jin uses every weapon at her disposal to battle the tyrannical leaders at a time when women were seen as inferior to men. Shocking authorities and political leaders by donning men's clothes as a symbol of rebellion, she altered the course of history by refusing to admit defeat even when death was imminent.