Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)

In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love with her 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. The ministers misuse their power so much that there is a popular revolt against the Yangs, fueled by An Lushan.

Released May 3, 1955 92 min 7+

Genres: Drama, History, Romance

Keywords: tmdb.tang-dynasty, tmdb.palace-intrigue, imdb.four-beauties-of-ancient-china, imdb.loosely-based-on-historical-events, imdb.told-in-flashback, imdb.offscreen-murder, imdb.offscreen-killing + 34 more, imdb.hanged-to-death, imdb.death-of-title-character, imdb.ambitious-man, imdb.power-struggle, imdb.imperial-court, imdb.plum, imdb.female-nudity, imdb.bathing-girl, imdb.750s, imdb.740s, tmdb.concubine, tmdb.empress, tmdb.chinese-emperor, tmdb.revolt, imdb.ancient-china, imdb.rags-to-riches, imdb.rebellion, imdb.emperor, imdb.court, imdb.china, imdb.power, imdb.love, imdb.music-recital, imdb.politics, imdb.chinese, imdb.8th-century, imdb.sacrifice, imdb.murder, imdb.mourning, imdb.uprising, imdb.conspiracy, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.rear-nudity, aspectratio.1-37-1