The Kingdom and the Beauty (1959)
- Original title
- 江山美人
- Directed by
- Li Han-hsiang
- Genre
- musical film
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A Chinese emperor falls in love with a beautiful commoner. The film follows their romance and the challenges that arise from their different social positions.
lightheartedromanticmelodramaticold-fashionedlushtheatricalsentimental
What happens
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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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