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Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

19556.71h 32m

Overview

In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love with her 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. The ministers misuse their power so much that there is a popular revolt against the Yangs, fueled by An Lushan.

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Written by Doe Ching, Matsutarō Kawaguchi, Masashige Narusawa
Produced by Masaichi Nagata, Run Run Shaw
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Top Cast

Machiko Kyō

Machiko Kyō

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Masayuki Mori

Masayuki Mori

Emperor Xuan Zong

So Yamamura

So Yamamura

An Lushan

Eitarō Shindō

Eitarō Shindō

Kao Li-hsi

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Yang Kuo-chung

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

Princess Yen-chun

Yōko Minamida

Yōko Minamida

Hung-tao

Bontarō Miake

Bontarō Miake

Chen-Hsuan-li

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Li Lin-fu

Kinzō Shin

Kinzō Shin

Servant

Themes & Keywords

tang dynastyconcubineempresschinese emperorrevoltpalace intrigue

About Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Princess Yang Kwei-fei is a romance, drama, history film released in 1955 exploring themes of tang dynasty, concubine, empress, chinese emperor, revolt, palace intrigue. Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, it stars Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori, So Yamamura. In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love with her 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. The ministers misuse their power so much that there is a popular revolt against the Yangs, fueled by An Lushan.

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