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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 all the Yangs, fueled by An Lushan.

Genres: Drama, History, Romance

Starring: Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, So Yamamura

Released: May 3, 1955

Runtime: 98.0

Popularity Rating: 1.319

Daiei Studios, Shaw and Sons

Hong Kong, Japan

Princess Yang Kwei-fei Machiko Kyo
Emperor Xuan Zong Masayuki Mori
An Lushan So Yamamura
Kao Li-hsi Eitaro Shindo
Yang Kuo-chung Eitaro Ozawa
Princess Yen-chun Haruko Sugimura
Hung-tao Yoko Minamida
Chen-Hsuan-li Bontaro Miake
Li Lin-fu Tatsuya Ishiguro

Art — Art Direction: Hiroshi Mizutani
Art — Set Decoration: Dai Arakawa
Art — Set Decoration: Iwao Iwami
Camera — Director of Photography: Kohei Sugiyama
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Tsugio Togo
Directing — Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Editing — Editor: Kanji Suganuma
Production — Producer: Masaichi Nagata
Production — Producer: Run Run Shaw
Sound — Original Music Composer: Fumio Hayasaka
Writing — Screenplay: Doe Ching
Writing — Screenplay: Masashige Narusawa
Writing — Screenplay: Yoshikata Yoda
Writing — Writer: Matsutaro Kawaguchi