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Film / 1955
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Directed by
Kenji Mizoguchi
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 …
The story
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.
Cast
Machiko KyōPrincess Yang Kwei-fei
Masayuki MoriEmperor Xuan Zong
So YamamuraAn Lushan
Eitarō ShindōKao Li-hsi
Eitarō OzawaYang Kuo-chung
Haruko SugimuraPrincess Yen-chun
Yōko MinamidaHung-tao
Bontarō MiakeChen-Hsuan-li
Tatsuya IshiguroLi Lin-fu
Kinzō ShinServant
Osamu MaruyamaLi Kuei-nien
Isao YamagataYang Hsien
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