The Kingdom and the Beauty
The Kingdom and the Beauty | |
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Directed by | Li Han-hsiang |
Written by | Yue-Ting Wang |
Produced by | Run Run Shaw |
Starring | Lin Dai Zhao Lei |
Cinematography | Jun Yang |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Mandarin |
The Kingdom and the Beauty (Chinese: 江山美人; pinyin: Jiang shan mei ren) is a 1959 Hong Kong musical-drama film directed by Li Han-hsiang.[2] 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.[3]
Cast[]
- Siu Loi Chow
- Lin Dai as Li Feng
- as Liu Jin
- as Li's sister-in-law
- King Hu as Ta Niu
- Jing Ting (singing voice)
- as Chou Yung
- as Dowager Empress
- Margaret Tu Chuan as Village Girl
- as Liang Chu
- as Li's brother
- Zhao Lei as Emperor Chu Te Cheng
See also[]
- List of submissions to the 32nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Singaporean submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Chinese Odyssey 2002, a 2002 film which spoofs this film
References[]
- ^ "The Kingdom and the Beauty (1959)". Hong Kong Movie Database. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ "Kingdom and the Beauty". Love HK Film. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
External links[]
Categories:
- 1959 films
- Mandarin-language films
- 1959 drama films
- Hong Kong films
- Films directed by Li Han-hsiang
- Huangmei opera films
- 1950s musical drama films
- Films set in 16th-century Ming dynasty
- Hong Kong film stubs
- Musical drama film stubs