Princess Yang Kwei Fei (1955)
1h 38m
Running Time
May 3, 1955Release Date
Princess Yang Kwei Fei (1955)
1h 38m
Running Time
May 3, 1955Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Machiko Kyō
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Masayuki Mori
Emperor Xuan Zong
Sō Yamamura
An Lushan
Eitarō Shindō
Kao Li-hsi
Eitarō Ozawa
Yang Kuo-chung
Haruko Sugimura
Princess Yen-chun
Yôko Minamida
Hung-tao
Bontarō Miake
Chen-Hsuan-li
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Li Lin-fu
Osamu Maruyama
Li Kuei-nien
Kinzō Shin
Servant
Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
Isao Yamagata
Yang Hsien
Chieko Murata
Lu-hua
Doe Ching
Writer
Matsutarō Kawaguchi
Writer
Michiko Ai
Honghua
Yoshikata Yoda
Writer
Noboru Kiritachi
Cuihua
Masashige Narusawa
Writer
Masaichi Nagata
Producer
Run Run Shaw
Producer
Fujio Harumoto
Fujio Harumoto
Fumio Hayasaka
Composer
Kōhei Sugiyama
Cinematographer
Kanji Suganuma
Editor
Yasuzō Masumura
Assistant Director
Hiroshi Mizutani
Art Direction
Mitsuo Murayama
Assistant Director
Iwao Iwami
Set Decoration
Dai Arakawa
Set Decoration
Tsugio Tôgô
Costume Design
Media.
Details.
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Wiki.
Princess Yang Kwei Fei (Japanese: 楊貴妃, Hepburn: Yōkihi) is a 1955 Japanese historical film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It was a co-production between Daiei Film and Shaw & Sons, Hong Kong (later Shaw Brothers). It is one of Mizoguchi's two colour films, the other being Tales of the Taira Clan, made the same year.