The Kingdom and the Beauty

The Kingdom and the Beauty
Directed by Li Han-hsiang
Produced by Run Run Shaw
Written by Yue-Ting Wang
Starring Lin Dai
Zhao Lei
Cinematography Jun Yang
Release date
  • 29 June 1959 (1959-06-29)
[1]
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
  • 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

References

  1. ↑ "The Kingdom and the Beauty (1959)". Hong Kong Movie Database. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Kingdom and the Beauty". Love HK Film. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences


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