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.
Cast
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
Chieko Murata
Lu-hua
Michiko Ai
Honghua
Noboru Kiritachi
Cuihua
Rieko Himeji
Unknown
Yoshiko Kusunoki
Unknown
Yasuko Kawakami
Unknown
Fujio Harumoto
Fujio Harumoto
Tatsuo Hanabu
Unknown
Yūzō Hayakawa
Unknown
Yasushi Sugita
Unknown
Manabu Morita
Unknown
Yoshio Takee
Unknown
Gai Harada
Unknown
Shō Natsuki
Unknown
Shizuo Chūjō
Unknown
Akira Naoki
Unknown
Crew
Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
Matsutarō Kawaguchi
Writer
Doe Ching
Screenplay
Masashige Narusawa
Screenplay
Yoshikata Yoda
Screenplay
Kanji Suganuma
Editor
Kōhei Sugiyama
Director of Photography
Mitsuo Murayama
Assistant Director
Yasuzō Masumura
Assistant Director
Masaichi Nagata
Producer
Run Run Shaw
Producer
Tsugio Tôgô
Costume Design
Fumio Hayasaka
Original Music Composer
Iwao Iwami
Set Decoration
Dai Arakawa
Set Decoration
Hiroshi Mizutani
Art Direction
