The Banquet of the Concubine

Aug 26, 2012

0h 13m

★ 6.5

Overview

Delicately flirting with eroticism, the animated film The Banquet of the Concubine, by young Chinese director Hefang Wei, recounts one of the most famous love stories of Imperial China. In this tale of bitter jealousy, nothing can sweeten the heart of an abandoned mistress, not even the luscious lychee.

Genres

Animation

Production Companies

Folimage

Foliascope

ONF | NFB

Nadasdy Film

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Cast

L'empereur (Voice)

Bin Yin

(Voice)

Zhang Dehui

(Voice)

Gang Guo

(Voice)

Ka Lun Cheung

(Voice)

Lei Meng

(Voice)

Shuxian Pan

(Voice)

Jie Xiong

(Voice)

Shuyu Li

(Voice)

Ye Tian

(Voice)

Yunyun Gu

(Voice)

Zaoer Tu

(Voice)

Zhuojun Zhao

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