Yokihi - Princess Yang Kwei Fei
Emperor Huan Tsung is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide him 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. And he falls in love with her and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei.
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Original Title
Yokihi - Princess Yang Kwei Fei
Title
Yokihi - Princess Yang Kwei Fei
Directed by
Kenji Mizoguchi
Country
Japan
Year
1955
Screenplay
Matsutaro Kawaguchi, Masashige Narusawa, Yoshikata Yoda
Soundtrack
Fumio Hayasaka
Cinematography
Kohei Sugiyama
Production
Masaichi Nagata, Run Run Shaw
Runtime
98 min.
Language
Japanisch
Cast
Machiko Kyo (Yang Kwei-fei), Masayuki Mori (Xuan Zong), So Yamamura (An Lushan), Eitaro Shindo (Kao Li-hsi), Eitaro Ozawa (Yang Kuo-chung), Haruko Sugimura (Yen-chun), Yoko Minamida (Hung-tao)
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