May 03, 1955
92 min
Full-HD

Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)

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.

Category

Romance Drama History

Country

Hong Kong Japan

Companies

Shaw and Sons Daiei Film

Machiko Kyō

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Masayuki Mori

Emperor Xuan Zong

So Yamamura

An Lushan

Eitarō Shindō

Kao Li-hsi

Eitarō Ozawa

Yang Kuo-chung

Haruko Sugimura

Princess Yen-chun

Yōko Minamida

Hung-tao

Bontarō Miake

Chen-Hsuan-li

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