The Kingdom and the Beauty
1959 film
- 29 June 1959 (1959-06-29)
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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
- Li Jen Ho
- Bo Hong as Liu Jin
- Wei Hong as Li's sister-in-law
- King Hu as Ta Niu
- Jing Ting (singing voice)
- Wei Lieh Lan
- Lam Ma as Chou Yung
- Rhoqing Tang as Dowager Empress
- Margaret Tu Chuan as Village Girl
- Yuanlong Wang as Liang Chu
- Chih-Ching Yang 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
External links
- The Kingdom and the Beauty at IMDb
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Films directed by Li Han-hsiang
- Diau Charn (1958)
- The Kingdom and the Beauty (1959)
- The Enchanting Shadow (1960)
- The Magnificent Concubine (1962)
- The Love Eterne (1963)
- Empress Wu Tse-Tien (1963)
- Cheating in Panorama (1972)
- Legends of Lust (1972)
- The Admarid Girl (1972)
- The Golden Lotus (1974)
- The Empress Dowager (1975)
- The Last Tempest (1976)
- Reign Behind a Curtain (1983)
- The Burning of Imperial Palace (1983)
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