Empress Yang Kwei-Fei ( 楊貴妃 , Yōkihi ? ) Is a Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi , released in 1955 .
Synopsis
In China the viii th century, Empress Yang ( Yang Guifei ) chooses to sacrifice himself to save the Emperor.
Technical sheet
- Title: The Empress Yang Kwei-Fei
- Original title: Yōkihi
- Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
- Scenario: Yoshikata Yoda , Matsutarō Kawaguchi , Masashige Narusawa , Qin Tao
- Music: Fumio Hayasaka
- Photography: Kôhei Sugiyama
- Assistant Director: Yasuzo Masumura
- Sets: Hiroshi Mizutani
- Production: Masaichi Nagata , Run Run Shaw
- Production Companies: Daiei , Shaw Brothers
- Country of origin: Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Format: Colors – 35 mm
- Genre: Historical drama
- Duration: 98 minutes
- Release date :
- Japan :
Distribution
- Machiko Kyō : Empress Yang Kwei-fei
- Masayuki Mori : Emperor Xuan Zong
- Sō Yamamura : An Lushan
- Eitarō Shindō : Kao Li-hsi
- Eitarō Ozawa : Yang Kuo-chung
- Haruko Sugimura : Princess Yen-chun
- Yōko Minamida : Hung-tao
- Bontarō Miyake : Chen-Hsuan-li
- Tatsuya Ishiguro : Li Lin-fu
- Michiko Ai : Honghua
- Noboru Kiritachi : Cuihua
- Osamu Maruyama : Li Kuei-nien
- Sachiko Murase : Chengfei
- Chieko Murata : Lu-hua
- Kinzo Shin : a servant
- Isao Yamagata : Yang Hsien