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Movie Info

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 gaining influence at court. Captivated by the girl, Princess Yang Kwei Fei (Machiko Kyō), the emperor places family members in the court. But General An Lu Shan desires more power, and leads a popular revolt against the emperor. To buy the protection of his Imperial Guards, the emperor must make a dear sacrifice.

Genre:

drama, history
Original Language:

Japanese
Director:

Kenji Mizoguchi
Producer:

Masaichi Nagata, Run Run Shaw
Writer:

Ching Doe, Matsutarô Kawaguchi, Yoshikata Yoda
Runtime:

1h 38m
Production Co:

Daiei Studios, Shaw Brothers

Cast & Crew

Machiko Kyō
Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Masayuki Mori
Emperor Xuan Zong

Sakae Ozawa
Yang Kuo-chung

Sô Yamamura
An Lushan

Eitarô Shindô
Kao Li-hsi

Haruko Sugimura
Princess Yen-chun

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Critic Reviews for Princess Yang Kwei-fei

All Critics (2) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (2)

Mizoguchi films the imperial romance with robust ardor and delicate humor; he delineates the cruelly punitive constraints of law that are placed on women at court with bitter clarity...

November 21, 2020 | Full Review…

Richard Brody
New Yorker
Princess Yang Kwei Fei miraculously reproduces the comings and goings of the hero's thought, and it is in this sense that Mizoguchi's realism is most classical.

January 14, 2013 | Full Review…

Penelope Gilliatt
New Yorker