Genres
Production Companies
Daiei Film
Princess Yang Kwei Fei (楊貴妃)
Overview
In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor 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. 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.
Key Crew
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Screenplay: Doe Ching, Masashige Narusawa, Yoshikata Yoda
Producer: Masaichi Nagata, Run Run Shaw
Writer: Matsutarō Kawaguchi
Director of Photography: Kōhei Sugiyama
Top Cast
Machiko Kyō
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Masayuki Mori
Emperor Xuan Zong
Sō 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
Videos
Yôkihi (1955) ORIGINAL TRAILER
