In 1990 Disney, which had for some time been in search of material from the Far East, heard of the Chinese tale of Hua Mulan from a writer who collected stories from around the world. They felt that the personality of the main female character was very much in step with the spirit of the times, and so began preparing for production.
一九九○年一直想拍東方故事的迪士尼，從一位蒐集世界民間故事的作家處聽到花木蘭的故事，覺得女主角性格很有時代意義，就開始籌備拍攝。