Princess Yang Kwei-fei
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In 8th-century China, the Emperor grieves the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their court influence. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen, whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love 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.
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Cast
27 people
Machiko Kyō
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
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Masayuki Mori
Emperor Xuan Zong
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So Yamamura
An Lushan
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Eitarō Shindō
Kao Li-hsi
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Sansho the Bailiff
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Eitarō Ozawa
Yang Kuo-chung
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Haruko Sugimura
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Tokyo Story
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Yōko Minamida
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Bontarō Miake
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Sansho the Bailiff
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Tatsuya Ishiguro
Li Lin-fu
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Chikamatsu Monogatari
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Kinzō Shin
Servant
Known for
Tokyo Twilight
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Osamu Maruyama
Li Kuei-nien
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Street of Shame
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Isao Yamagata
Yang Hsien
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Kenji Mizoguchi Director · Yoshikata Yoda Screenplay Masashige Narusawa Screenplay
First release May 3, 1955 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China, Japan · Production Daiei Film, Walt Disney Studios
Production
Shaw and Sons
Production
Daiei Film
Production
Walt Disney Studios
Studio
Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Production
Hong Kong SAR China · Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
楊貴妃
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · May 3, 1955
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Italy
August 29, 1955 · Limited theatrical · Venice Film Festival
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