Princess Yang Kwei Fei
Princess Yang Kwei Fei ★★★ Yokihi; The Empress Yang Kwei Fei 1955
Set in 8thcentury China and based on the life of the last T'ang emperor and the beautiful servant girl he loves and makes his bride. She falls victim to court jealousies and he to his greedy family, though even death cannot end their love. Beautifully filmed and acted romantic tragedy. In Japanese with English subtitles. 91m/C VHS . JP Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Eitaro (Sakae, Saka Ozawa) Ozawa, So Yamamura; D: Kenji Mizoguchi.
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