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The Magnificent Concubine (1962)
Directed by Li Han-Hsiang
Drama, History · 1h 43m
Perhaps the most notorious concubine in Chinese history, Yang Guifei set a pudgy standard of beauty in her days of glory during the Tang dynasty. The Emperor Minghuang was so besotted with the woman that when An Lushan stages his rebellion against the empire, the ruler takes Yang Guifei along with his imperial entourage in an escape to the mountainous area of modern-day Sichuan, and sanctuary of sorts. But the concubine had roused the jealousy of the court and unfortunately for her and to the great sorrow of the king, her brother and others among the king's retainers demanded she be strangled to death while they were still in the mountains. This is the story told in this interesting Taiwanese adaptation by director Li Han-hsiang (Li Hanxiang).
Cast
Li Li-Hua
Yang Kwei Fei/Yang Yu Huan
Yan Jun
Emperor
Yang Chi-Ching
Prime Minister Yang Guo Zhong
Ku Wen-Chung
General Gao Li Shi
Tang Ti
General Chen Xuan Li
Hsieh Chih
General Chen Chi Ming
Lee Ying
General An Lu Shan
Chen Yu-Hsin
Chief Secretary Cui Cheng
Li Hsiang-Chun
Lady Mei/Jiang Cai Pin
Lin Jing
Lady Kua
Lily Mo Chou
Lady Chin
Weng Mu-Lan
Lady Han
Crew
- Director
- Li Han-Hsiang
- Screenplay
- Wong Chik-Boh
- Director of Photography
- Tadashi Nishimoto
- Original Music Composer
- Wang Shun
- Editor
- Chiang Hsing-Lung
- Producer
- Runme Shaw
Details
- Original title
- 楊貴妃
- Release date
- 1962-05-31
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- ZH
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin
- Countries
- Hong Kong
- Production
- Shaw Brothers