Summary
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.
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Cast
Machiko Kyō
Princess 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
Yôko Minamida
Hung-tao
Bontarō Miake
Chen-Hsuan-li
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Li Lin-fu
Kinzō Shin
Servant
Isao Yamagata
Yang Hsien
Chieko Murata
Lu-hua
Michiko Ai
Honghua
Noboru Kiritachi
Cuihua
Yasuko Kawakami
Fujio Harumoto
Fujio Harumoto
Tatsuo Hanabu
Yoshio Takee
Shizuo Chūjō