Women Knight

The film follows Qiu Jin (played with remarkable proficiency by Huang Yi) as she marries against her will, to a man (Kevin Cheng) expecting a submissive wife who will provide him with an heir and turn a blind eye to his casual philandering. She studies martial arts as well as calligraphy and poetry, and after siring two children, abandons her entire family for Japan, thanks in large part to her friendship with a rich benefactor (Pat Ha). There she pursues her increasingly politically-inclined interests in relatively more tolerant surroundings, and forms lasting allegiances with, among others, the revolutionary Xu Xilin (Dennis To).