Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Princess Yang Kwei-fei — Plot

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.

• Release date
• May 3, 1955
• Runtime
• 92 min
• Genres
• Romance, Drama, History
• Director
• Kenji Mizoguchi

Princess Yang Kwei-fei — Cast

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