Red Heroine

Red Heroine was a smash hit on release and a prime example of the martial arts explosion of the late 20s (setting the template for later revivals), but with a crucial twist: in place of the typical, manly hero we have a swashbuckling woman. At first she’s a helpless abductee, then an unstoppable killing machine, fighting to stop a tyrannical warlord ravaging the countryside and enslaving numerous (very) scantily-clad young women.

• Release date
• July 11, 1929
• Runtime
• 94 min
• Genres
• Action
• Director
• Wen Yi-Min

Cast

Xuepeng Fan Chu Shao-Chuen Wen Yi-Min

Z

Zhao Tai-Shan Shang Guan-Wu

Q

Qu Yi-Feng

C

Chuqin Wang

G

Guohui Xu