Princess Yang Kwei-fei

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Where to watch

Criterion Channel

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.

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

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