Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)
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.
Director:
Kenji Mizoguchi
Writers:
Doe Ching, Yoshikata Yoda, Masashige Narusawa.
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Machiko Kyō as Princess Yang Kwei-fei |
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Masayuki Mori as Emperor Xuan Zong |
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So Yamamura as An Lushan |
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Eitarō Shindō as Kao Li-hsi |
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Eitarō Ozawa as Yang Kuo-chung |
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Haruko Sugimura as Princess Yen-chun |
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Yōko Minamida as Hung-tao |
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Bontarō Miake as Chen-Hsuan-li |
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Tatsuya Ishiguro as Li Lin-fu |
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Kinzō Shin as Servant |
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Osamu Maruyama as Li Kuei-nien |
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Isao Yamagata as Yang Hsien |
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Chieko Murata as Lu-hua |
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Michiko Ai as Honghua |
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Noboru Kiritachi as Cuihua |
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Rieko Himeji as |
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Yoshiko Kusunoki as |
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Yasuko Kawakami as |
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Fujio Harumoto as Fujio Harumoto |
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Tatsuo Hanabu as |
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Yūzō Hayakawa as |
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Yasushi Sugita as |
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Manabu Morita as |
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Yoshio Takee as |
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Gai Harada as |
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Shō Natsuki as |
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Shizuo Chūjō as |
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Akira Naoki as |
| Directing | Kenji Mizoguchi | Director |
| Writing | Doe Ching | Screenplay |
| Writing | Matsutarō Kawaguchi | Writer |
| Writing | Yoshikata Yoda | Screenplay |
| Writing | Masashige Narusawa | Screenplay |
| Production | Masaichi Nagata | Producer |
| Production | Run Run Shaw | Producer |
| Sound | Fumio Hayasaka | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Kōhei Sugiyama | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Kanji Suganuma | Editor |
| Art | Hiroshi Mizutani | Art Direction |
| Art | Dai Arakawa | Set Decoration |
| Art | Iwao Iwami | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tsugio Tôgô | Costume Design |
| Directing | Yasuzō Masumura | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Mitsuo Murayama | Assistant Director |