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Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

1955•1h 32m•6.7/10
RomanceDramaHistory

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6.7/10(65)

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.

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Production

Shaw and Sons, Daiei Film

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Machiko Kyō

Machiko Kyō

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Masayuki Mori

Masayuki Mori

Emperor Xuan Zong

So Yamamura

So Yamamura

An Lushan

Eitarō Shindō

Eitarō Shindō

Kao Li-hsi

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Yang Kuo-chung

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

Princess Yen-chun

Yōko Minamida

Yōko Minamida

Hung-tao

Bontarō Miake

Bontarō Miake

Chen-Hsuan-li

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Li Lin-fu

Kinzō Shin

Kinzō Shin

Servant

Osamu Maruyama

Li Kuei-nien

Isao Yamagata

Isao Yamagata

Yang Hsien

Chieko Murata

Chieko Murata

Lu-hua

Michiko Ai

Honghua

Noboru Kiritachi

Noboru Kiritachi

Cuihua

Rieko Himeji

Yoshiko Kusunoki

Yasuko Kawakami

Yasuko Kawakami

Fujio Harumoto

Fujio Harumoto

Fujio Harumoto

Tatsuo Hanabu

Tatsuo Hanabu

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