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Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

1h 31m

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi • 1955 • Japan

In this rare color Mizoguchi film, the Emperor of China falls in love with a woman being groomed by a family of treacherous aristocrats.

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