Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)
Original title: 楊貴妃
Princess Yang Kwei-fei is a 1955 Japanese-language romance movie directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, with a running time of 1h 32m. It stars Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori and So Yamamura.
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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Cast
- Machiko Kyō as Princess Yang Kwei-fei
- Masayuki Mori as Emperor Xuan Zong
- So Yamamura as An Lushan
- Eitarō Shindō as Kao Li-hsi
- Eitarō Ozawa as Yang Kuo-chung
- Haruko Sugimura as Princess Yen-chun
- Yōko Minamida as Hung-tao
- Bontarō Miake as Chen-Hsuan-li
- Tatsuya Ishiguro as Li Lin-fu
- Kinzō Shin as Servant
- Osamu Maruyama as Li Kuei-nien
- Isao Yamagata as Yang Hsien