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Princess Yang Kwei Fei (Japanese: 楊貴妃, Hepburn: Yōkihi) is a 1955 Japanese historical film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It was a co-production between Daiei Film and Shaw & Sons, Hong Kong (later Shaw Brothers). It is one of Mizoguchi's two colour films, the other being Tales of the Taira Clan, made the same year.
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.
Princess Yang Kwei-fei. In eighth-century China, the emperor (Masayuki Mori) mourns the loss of his wife. The opportunistic Yang family offers a distant cousin as a concubine in hopes of...
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Princess Yang Kwei-fei: Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. With Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Sô Yamamura, Eitarô Shindô. In 8th-century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife.
Yang Yuhuan (Chinese: 楊玉環; 719 – 15 July 756), often known as Yang Guifei (楊貴妃, with Guifei being the highest rank for imperial consorts during her time), and known briefly by the Taoist nun name Taizhen (太真), was the beloved consort of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang during his later years.
Princess Yang Kwei-fei. Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi • 1955 • Japan. In this rare color Mizoguchi film, the Emperor of China falls in love with a woman being groomed by a family of treacherous aristocrats.
Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi’s 1955 adaptation of a ninth-century Chinese poem, about a Tang-dynasty emperor who sacrificed his reign for the love of a woman who...
Culture magazines. Princess Yang Kwei Fei. views 2,514,531 updated. Princess Yang Kwei Fei ★★★ Yokihi; The Empress Yang Kwei Fei 1955. Set in 8thcentury China and based on the life of the last T'ang emperor and the beautiful servant girl he loves and makes his bride.
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 the Yangs, fueled by An Lushan.
Rooted in real 8th century Chinese history, Yang Kwei-Fei is like a retelling of Cinderella where the stepsisters follow her to the court, incur the resentment of the masses, and trigger a revolution.
