Mulan II

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Mulan II
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Directed by	Darrell Rooney Lynne Southerland
Produced by	Jennifer Blohm
Written by	Michael Lucker Chris Parker Roger S.H. Schulman
Starring	Ming-Na B.D. Wong Mark Moseley Lucy Liu Harvey Fierstein Sandra Oh Gedde Watanabe Lauren Tom Jerry Tondo Pat Morita George Takei June Foray Freda Foh Shen Soon-Tek Oh Frank Welker Jillian Henry
Music by	Joel McNeely
Editing by	Pam Ziegenhagen
Distributed by	Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Release date(s)	February 1, 2005
Running time	79 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English
Preceded by	Mulan (1998)
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Mulan II is a Disney direct-to-video animated feature released in 2004 and a sequel to the 1998 animated film Mulan. It was directed by Darrell Rooney and Lynne Southerland, and features Mulan, and her new fiancé General Shang, on a special mission: escorting the Emperor's three daughters across the country to meet their soon-to-be fiancés. The film deals with arranged marriages, loyalty, relationships, making choices, trust, and finding true love.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Soundtrack
4 External links

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

As the movie begins, General Shang asks Mulan for her hand in marriage, which she accepts. Hearing about their engagement, Mushu is thrilled for them- until the leader of the guardians informs him that if Mulan gets married, he will lose his job as a guardian dragon and have to leave her. Wanting to keep his job and his friend, Mushu attempts to tear the couple apart.

Meanwhile, the Emperor calls upon Mulan and General Shang to escort his three daughters---Princesses Mei, Ting-Ting, and Su---across China to be betrothed to three princes so that an alliance can be formed with the kingdom of Qui Gong. If the task is not completed within three days, the alliance will crumble, and the Mongols will destroy China. Mulan and Shang set out, along with Chien-Po, Ling and Yao (from the first film), to safely escort the princesses to their new kingdom. However, due to Mushu's interferences and the fact that the three princesses are upset by their arranged marriage and actually love Chien-Po, Ling, and Yao, Mulan decides to go against her orders and, despite Shang's wishes, stop the joining of kingdoms.

They then go through bandit country. While saving the three princesses, the bridge they're on breaks, and General Shang and Mulan are left dangling off a broken bridge. Since the rope can only support the weight of one person, Shang sacrifices his life to save Mulan and lets go of her hand, falling into the river. Mulan then continues alone to Qui Gong. Not wanting the princesses to forced into marrige, and because Shang is dead, she offers herself to marry the ruler's sons. Shang, who actually survived the fall, finds out about it and tried to stop her. Mushu decided to help by pretending to be the Great Golden Dragon of Unity, who forces the ruler to stop the marrige. Mulan and Shang get married and the princesses are released from their vows.

At the end, Shang combines the family temples. Mushu gets to keep his job, and in his happiness, Mushu accidentally reveals himself to Shang, even though Mulan already told Shang about Mushu.

The problem of saving China through uniting the two kingdoms is never fully resolved.

[edit] Cast

Actor	Role(s)
Ming-Na	Fa Mulan
Mark Moseley	Mushu
B.D. Wong	General Li Shang
Lucy Liu	Princess Mei
Harvey Fierstein	Yao
Sandra Oh	Princess Ting-Ting
Gedde Watanabe	Ling
Lauren Tom	Princess Su
Jerry Tondo	Chien-Po
Pat Morita	The Emperor of China
George Takei	First Ancestor Fa
June Foray	Grandmother Fa
Freda Foh Shen	Fa Li
Frank Welker	Cri-Kee
Soon-Tek Oh	Fa Zhou
Miriam Margolyes	The Matchmaker
Lea Salonga	Mulan (singing voice)

[edit] Soundtrack

1. Lesson Number One - Lea Salonga
2. Main Title (Score)
3. Like Other Girls - Ting Ting/Su/Mei
4. A Girl Worth Fighting For (Redux) - Yao/Ling Po/Chien Po
5. Here Beside Me - Hayley Westenra
6. (I Wanne Be) Like Other Girls - Atomic Kitten
7. Journey Begins, The (Score)
8. In Love And In Trouble (Score)
9. The Attack (Score)
10. Shang Lives! (Score)
11. Here Beside Me (Instrumental)

[edit] External links

Mulan II at the Internet Movie Database

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