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Princess Yang Kwei-fei

1955 · 1h 32m · Romance, Drama, History

In 8th-century China, the Emperor grieves the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their court influence. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen, whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets.

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Cast

• Machiko Kyō as Princess Yang Kwei-fei
• Masayuki Mori as Emperor Xuan Zong
• So Yamamura as An Lushan
• Eitarō Shindō as Kao Li-hsi
• Eitarō Ozawa as Yang Kuo-chung
• Haruko Sugimura as Princess Yen-chun
• Yōko Minamida as Hung-tao
• Bontarō Miake as Chen-Hsuan-li
• Tatsuya Ishiguro as Li Lin-fu
• Kinzō Shin as Servant
• Osamu Maruyama as Li Kuei-nien
• Isao Yamagata as Yang Hsien

Details

Director

Kenji Mizoguchi

Released

May 3, 1955

Runtime

1h 32m

Genres

Romance, Drama, History

Studio

Shaw and Sons and Daiei Film

Status

Released

TMDB score

6.7 / 10 from 70 votes