Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Overview

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.

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi

Top cast

Machiko Kyō

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Masayuki Mori

Emperor Xuan Zong

So Yamamura

An Lushan

Eitarō Shindō

Kao Li-hsi

Eitarō Ozawa

Yang Kuo-chung

Haruko Sugimura

Princess Yen-chun

Yōko Minamida

Hung-tao

Bontarō Miake

Chen-Hsuan-li

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Li Lin-fu

Kinzō Shin

Servant

O

Osamu Maruyama

Li Kuei-nien

Isao Yamagata

Yang Hsien

Chieko Murata

Lu-hua

Michiko Ai

Honghua

Noboru Kiritachi

Cuihua

R

Rieko Himeji

Y

Yoshiko Kusunoki

Yasuko Kawakami

Fujio Harumoto

Fujio Harumoto

Tatsuo Hanabu

Details