The Kingdom and the Beauty (1959)
江山美人
This is a musical about a young emperor who is lured via stories told to a place called Kiang-Nan by his royal tutor. The empress mother has the tutor go to Kiang-Nan to bring him back.
- Date of release
- 1959-06-29
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Li Han-Hsiang
Casting
- Linda Lin Dai — Li Feng
- Zhao Lei — Chu Te Cheng
- King Hu — Ta Niu
- Ma Lam — Chou Yung
- Yang Chi-Ching — Ta Feng's Brother
- Hao Li-Jen — Inn customer
- Hung Mei — Ta Feng's sister in law
- Tong Yeuk-Ching — Empress mother
- Gam Tin-Chue — Royal guard
- Chow Siu-Loi — Royal guard
- Lan Wei-Lieh — Royal guard
- Wang Yuan-Long — Liang Chu
Interesting facts
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
The Kingdom and the Beauty is a 1959 Hong Kong musical-drama film directed by Li Han-hsiang. The film was set in Imperial China, directed by a Hong Kong based–Mainland Chinese director and produced by the famed Hong Kong Shaw Brothers film studio. Although there was minimal Singaporean input in the film-making, the film was selected as the Singaporean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 32nd Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
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