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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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