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Princess Yang Kwei Fei (1955) [N/A]

Release Date:
May 3, 1955

Original Title:
楊貴妃

Alternate Titles:
Cesarzowa Jang Kuei-Fei
Empress Yank Kwei Fei
L'Impératrice Yang Kwei Fei
L'imperatrice Yang Kwei-fei
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
The Empress Yang Kwei Fei
Yôkihi

Genres:
Drama | History | Romance

Production Companies:
Daiei Film
Shaw and Sons

Production Countries:
Hong Kong | Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 98

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Art Direction:
Hiroshi Mizutani

Assistant Director:
Yasuzō Masumura
Mitsuo Murayama

Costume Design:
Tsugio Tôgô

Director:
Kenji Mizoguchi

Director of Photography:
Kōhei Sugiyama

Editor:
Kanji Suganuma

Original Music Composer:
Fumio Hayasaka

Producer:
Run Run Shaw
Masaichi Nagata

Screenplay:
Doe Ching
Yoshikata Yoda
Masashige Narusawa

Set Decoration:
Iwao Iwami
Dai Arakawa

Writer:
Matsutarō Kawaguchi

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