Jun 29, 1959
100 min
Full-HD

The Kingdom and the Beauty (1959)

This is a musical about a young emperor who is lured via stories told to a place called Kiang-Nan by his royal tutor. The empress mother has the tutor go to Kiang-Nan to bring him back.

Category

Drama Romance

Country

Hong Kong

Companies

Shaw Brothers

Linda Lin Dai

Li Feng

Zhao Lei

Chu Te Cheng

King Hu

Ta Niu

Ma Lam

Chou Yung

Yang Chi-Ching

Ta Feng's Brother

Hao Li-Jen

Inn customer

Hung Mei

Ta Feng's sister in law

Tong Yeuk-Ching

Empress mother

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