Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955 · Movie · 92 min · ★ 6.7 · 73% critics
After an emperor loses his wife, an ambitious family pushes a humble young woman into court in hopes of gaining power. As a sincere romance grows inside a rigid imperial world, love becomes tangled with political ambition, public anger, and the demands of palace life.
Also known as Imperial Concubine Yang
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Details
- Original title
- 楊貴妃
- Years
- 1955
- Release date
- 1955-05-03
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (67 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy elegant, tragic historical romances with palace intrigue and a measured pace, especially if you liked Gate of Hell or Miss Oyu; Not for you if you want fast-moving drama or lots of action.
Pros: lavish period visuals; touching central romance; rich court atmosphere | Cons: slow pacing; familiar story beats; less emotionally gripping
Themes
- tang dynasty
- concubine
- empress
- chinese emperor
- revolt
- palace intrigue
Cast & crew
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
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi