In a stunning journey, Wu Qionghua rises from humble beginnings as a cruel man's servant to command a group of female soldiers as a valiant leader in China's Red Army. Xie Jin directs this foreign-language classic based on the novel by the same name, which was also famously adapted into a ballet that was performed in China for a visiting President Nixon in 1972. Chen Qiang, Wang Xingang and Zhu Xijuan co-star.