Princess Yang Kwei-fei

May 3, 1955

1h 32m

★ 6.7

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.

Genres

Romance

Drama

History

Production Companies

Shaw and Sons

Daiei Film

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Cast

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Machiko Kyō

Emperor Xuan Zong

Masayuki Mori

An Lushan

So Yamamura

Kao Li-hsi

Eitarō Shindō

Yang Kuo-chung

Eitarō Ozawa

Princess Yen-chun

Haruko Sugimura

Hung-tao

Yōko Minamida

Chen-Hsuan-li

Bontarō Miake

Li Lin-fu

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Servant

Kinzō Shin

Li Kuei-nien

Osamu Maruyama

Yang Hsien

Isao Yamagata

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