
In 8th-century China, the Emperor grieves the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their court influence. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen, whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love 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.

Machiko Kyō
Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Masayuki Mori
Emperor Xuan Zong

So Yamamura
An Lushan

Eitarō Shindō
Kao Li-hsi

Eitarō Ozawa
Yang Kuo-chung

Haruko Sugimura
Princess Yen-chun

Yōko Minamida
Hung-tao

Bontarō Miake
Chen-Hsuan-li

Tatsuya Ishiguro
Li Lin-fu

Kinzō Shin
Servant
Osamu Maruyama
Li Kuei-nien

Isao Yamagata
Yang Hsien

The Grand Amir and Donna Maria
The Grand Amir and Donna Maria

I Vicerè
I Vicerè

Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern

Queen Margot
Queen Margot

The Emperor and the Assassin
The Emperor and the Assassin

The Scarlet Empress
The Scarlet Empress

The Sailor's Song
The Sailor's Song

House of Flying Daggers
House of Flying Daggers

Anno Domini 1573
Anno Domini 1573

White God
White God

Strange Days
Strange Days

Battleship Potemkin
Battleship Potemkin