Fa Zhou

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Fa Zhou is Mulan’s elderly, honorable father and a former soldier whose injury and devotion to family drive much of the film’s emotional conflict.

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Fa Zhou canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Disney character
fictional character
ageDescriptor elderly
animationStudio Walt Disney Animation Studios
surface form: Walt Disney Feature Animation
appearsIn Mulan
Mulan II
basedOn Fa Zhou from the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan
characterArcElement accepts Mulan’s unconventional path
countryOfOrigin China (fictional setting)
creator Walt Disney Animation Studios
culturalContext Imperial China
surface form: Imperial China (fictionalized)
emotionalSignificance central to the film’s emotional conflict
familyName Fa
fatherOf Mulan
surface form: Fa Mulan
filmDebutYear 1998
formerOccupation soldier
franchise Disney's Mulan franchise
franchiseRole supporting character
gender male
givenName Zhou
husbandOf Fa Li
medium animated film
memorableQuote The greatest gift and honor is having you for a daughter.
militaryStatus veteran
moralView values honor and obedience to tradition
narrativeRole Mulan's father and emotional anchor of the story
notableAction attempts to answer the conscription call despite his injury
is secretly replaced by Mulan in the army
occupation farmer
personalityTrait devoted to family
honorable
traditional
physicalCondition injured leg
portrayedByVoice Fa Mulan (singing voice) in Mulan
surface form: Freda Foh Shen (singing voice in some versions, if applicable)

Soon-Tek Oh
surface form: Soon-Tek Oh (original English version)

various voice actors in international dubs
positionInFamily patriarch of the Fa family
productionCompany Walt Disney Pictures
relationshipToProtagonist parent of the protagonist
residence Fa family
surface form: Fa family home
sceneType appears in family courtyard and home scenes
themeAssociation duty
filial piety
honor

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Mulan character Fa Zhou
subject surface form: Mulan (1998 film)
Fa Li spouse Fa Zhou
Fa Li appearsWith Fa Zhou
Grandmother Fa relative Fa Zhou
Hua Zhou in Mulan (2020 film) basedOn Fa Zhou
subject surface form: Hua Zhou