Mulan II
Mulan II is a Disney 2004 movie and the sequel to the 1998 animated movie Mulan. It was directed by Darrell Rooney and Lynne Southerland, and features Mulan, and her new fiancé, Shang, on a special mission: getting the Emperor's three daughters across the country to meet their soon-to-be fiancés. The movie deals with arranged marriages, loyalty, relationships, making choices, trust, and finding true love. The entire cast from the first movie returned, except for Eddie Murphy (Mushu), Miriam Margolyes (The Matchmaker), Chris Sanders (Little Brother) and Matthew Wilder (Ling's singing voice). Murphy and Margolyes were replaced by Mark Moseley and April Winchell, and Gedde Watanabe does his own singing for the sequel.
| Mulan II | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Edited by | Pam Ziegenhagen |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment |
Release date | November 2, 2004 (Italy, Norway and the whole rest of Europe) February 1, 2005 (USA) |
Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Story
Fa Mulan gets the surprise of her young life when her love, Captain (now General) Li Shang asks for her hand in marriage. Before the two can have their happily ever after, the Emperor assigns them a secret mission, to escort three princesses to Chang'an, China. Mushu is determined to drive a wedge between the couple after he learns that he will lose his guardian job if Mulan marries into the Li family. After the princesses unexpectedly fall in love with the Gang of Three, Mulan decides to help them escape the fate of marrying men they do not love. This contradicts the Emperor's orders and forces him to put Mulan's relationship with Shang into question. They are attacked by Mongolians, and the fate of China hangs in the balance.
Cast
- Ming-Na as Mulan
- B. D. Wong as Shang
- Mark Moseley as Mushu. Moseley replaces Eddie Murphy because he was voicing Donkey in Shrek 2, which forbade him to return for this sequel. In the original movie, Moseley is also credited in the additional voices.
- Lucy Liu as Mei
- Harvey Fierstein as Yao
- Sandra Oh as Ting Ting
- Gedde Watanabe as Ling
- Lauren Tom as Su
- Jerry Tondo as Chien-Po
- Pat Morita as the Emperor
- George Takei as First Ancestor
- June Foray as Grandmother Fa
- Freda Foh Shen as Fa Li
- Soon-Tek Oh as Fa Zhou
- Frank Welker as Cri-Kee
- Jillian Henry as Sha-Ron
- Michelle Kwan as a shopkeeper
- Rob Paulsen as Prince Jeeki
- Brian Tochi as the Palace Advisor
- April Winchell as the Matchmaker
- James Woods as Chin
- Keone Young as Lord Qin
Additional voices were provided by Jeff Bennett, John Goodman, Sherry Lynn, Tress MacNeille, Rove McManus, Liliana Mumy, Phil Proctor, Jan Rabson, Kevin Michael Richardson and Steve Susskind.
Soundtrack
| Mulan II | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
| Released | January 26, 2017 |
| Label | Walt Disney Records |
| Producer | Brian Rawling Graham Stack Brett Swain |
The soundtrank contains songs from the movie performed by various artists, as well as portions of the movie's score composed by Joel McNeely. It was released on January 26, 2017 by Walt Disney Records.
- "Lesson Number One" - Lea Salonga and Chorus
- "Main Title" (Score)
- "Like Other Girls" - Judy Kuhn, Lucy Liu, and Lauren Tom
- "A Girl Worth Fighting For (Redux)" - Gedde Watanabe, Jerry Tondo, and Harvey Fierstein
- "Here Beside Me" - Hayley Westenra
- "(I Wanna Be) Like Other Girls" - Atomic Kitten
- "The Journey Begins" (Score)
- "In Love and in Trouble" (Score)
- "The Attack" (Score)
- "Shang Lives!" (Score)
- "Here Beside Me (Instrumental)"