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Inside the Forbidden City (1965)
Directed by Kao Li
Drama, History, Music · 1h 43m
It seems that Li Zhenfei was once an imperial concubine, who often found herself competing with her rival Madame Liu for the emperor's sole, undivided attention. When Li gives birth to the Emperor's child, the jealous Liu switches the boy with a cat and commands a servant named Kou Zhu to kill the baby. However, Kou Zhu ignores the order and gives the prince-to-be to the emperor's brother, a decision which eventually leads to the boy being adopted by the emperor himself! But as fate would have it, to go along with his new son, the emperor has a new wife as well - Madame Liu! As this strange new family unit is being constructed, poor Li Zhenfei has been confined to the forbidden palace, condemned to never see or speak to her son, the prince. But destiny reunites her with her son, but will this family reunion be a happy one? And will Madame Liu finally be punished for her treachery?
Cast
Ivy Ling Po
Kou Zhu
Ching Miao
Judge Bao Zheng
Chin Feng
Emperor
Kao Pao-Shu
Empress Liu
Ou-Yang Sha-Fei
Concubine Li Zheng Fei
Li Ching
Fei's Maid Act As Zhu's Ghost
Chen Yu-Hsin
Eunuch Kuo Huai
Ku Wen-Chung
Eunuch Chen Lin
Tien Feng
Prime Minister
Yang Chi-Ching
Emperor's Brother
Chiang Kuang-Chao
Fan Zhong Hua
Crew
- Director
- Kao Li
- Writer
- Chang Cheh, Kao Li
- Novel
- Shi Yukun
- Original Music Composer
- Eddie H. Wang Chi-Ren
- Editor
- Chiang Hsing-Lung
- Producer
- Run Run Shaw
Details
- Original title
- 宋宮秘史
- Release date
- 1965-10-16
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Drama, History, Music
- Original language
- ZH
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin
- Countries
- Hong Kong
- Production
- Shaw Brothers