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Princess Yang Kwei Fei (1955)
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
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.
Length 98 minutes
Actors
Machiko Kyō | Masayuki Mori | Sô Yamamura | Eitarô Shindô | Eitarô Ozawa | Haruko Sugimura | Yôko Minamida | Bontarô Miake | Tatsuya Ishiguro | Kinzô Shin | Osamu Maruyama | Isao Yamagata | Chieko Murata | Michiko Ai | Noboru Kiritachi | Rieko Himeji | Yoshiko Kusunoki | Yasuko Kawakami | Fujio Harumoto | Tatsuo Hanabu | Yûzô Hayakawa | Yasushi Sugita | Manabu Morita | Yoshio Takee | Gai Harada | Akira Natsuki | Shizuo Chûjô | Akira Naoki