Princess Yang Kwei Fei

Princess Yang Kwei Fei

98 mins | Drama, Romance, History | May 3, 1955

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.

Princess Yang Kwei Fei

98 mins | Drama, Romance, History | May 3, 1955

Princess Yang Kwei Fei
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd., Shaw and Sons
Original title 楊貴妃
Directors Mitsuo Murayama, Yasuzō Masumura, Kenji Mizoguchi
Writers Doe Ching, Masashige Narusawa, Yoshikata Yoda, Matsutarō Kawaguchi

Cast

Machiko Kyō

as Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Masayuki Mori

as Emperor Xuan Zong

Sō Yamamura

as An Lushan

Eitarō Shindō

as Kao Li-hsi

Eitarō Ozawa

as Yang Kuo-chung

Haruko Sugimura

as Princess Yen-chun

Yôko Minamida

as Hung-tao

Bontarō Miake

as Chen-Hsuan-li

Tatsuya Ishiguro

as Li Lin-fu

Kinzô Shin

as Servant

Osamu Maruyama

as Li Kuei-nien

Isao Yamagata

as Yang Hsien

Chieko Murata

as Lu-hua

Michiko Ai

as Honghua

Noboru Kiritachi

as Cuihua

Fujio Harumoto

as Fujio Harumoto