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Princess Yang Kwei Fei (1955)

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.
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Kenji Mizoguchi profile
Kenji Mizoguchi

Director

Doe Ching profile
Doe Ching

Screenplay

Cast

Machiko Kyō profile
Machiko Kyō

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Masayuki Mori profile
Masayuki Mori

Emperor Xuan Zong

Sō Yamamura profile
Sō Yamamura

An Lushan

Eitarō Shindō profile
Eitarō Shindō

Kao Li-hsi

Eitarō Ozawa profile
Eitarō Ozawa

Yang Kuo-chung

Haruko Sugimura profile
Haruko Sugimura

Princess Yen-chun

Yôko Minamida profile
Yôko Minamida

Hung-tao

Bontarō Miake profile
Bontarō Miake

Chen-Hsuan-li

Tatsuya Ishiguro profile
Tatsuya Ishiguro

Li Lin-fu

Kinzō Shin profile
Kinzō Shin

Servant

Osamu Maruyama profile
Osamu Maruyama

Li Kuei-nien

Isao Yamagata profile
Isao Yamagata

Yang Hsien

Machiko Kyō profile
Machiko Kyō

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Masayuki Mori profile
Masayuki Mori

Emperor Xuan Zong

Sō Yamamura profile
Sō Yamamura

An Lushan

Eitarō Shindō profile
Eitarō Shindō

Kao Li-hsi

Eitarō Ozawa profile
Eitarō Ozawa

Yang Kuo-chung

Haruko Sugimura profile
Haruko Sugimura

Princess Yen-chun

Yôko Minamida profile
Yôko Minamida

Hung-tao

Bontarō Miake profile
Bontarō Miake

Chen-Hsuan-li

Tatsuya Ishiguro profile
Tatsuya Ishiguro

Li Lin-fu

Kinzō Shin profile
Kinzō Shin

Servant

Osamu Maruyama profile
Osamu Maruyama

Li Kuei-nien

Isao Yamagata profile
Isao Yamagata

Yang Hsien

Extra

Release Date

May 3, 1955

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Shaw and Sons logoDaiei Film logo

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