Palace of Desire (2000)
- Original title
- 大明宫词
- Directed by
- Li Shaohong
- Cast
- Chen Hong, Zhou Xun, Gui Ya Lei, Winston Chao, Liu Dong, Wang Tao, Sun Bin, Guo Dong Lin
- Genre
- historical drama
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Length
- 1 season, 37 episodes
- Rating
- 8.4 of 10 from 5 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 series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The series follows Princess Taiping, the daughter of China's only female emperor Wu Zetian. It depicts her life in the royal court with a focus on personal and political struggles.
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What happens
Palace of Desire, also known as Daming Gong Ci (literally "Ci of the Daming Palace"), is a Chinese television series based on the life of Princess Taiping, a daughter of China's only female emperor, Wu Zetian. Directed by Li Shaohong and Zeng Nianping, the series starred Chen Hong, Zhou Xun, Gua Ah-leh and Winston Chao in the leading roles. It was first broadcast on CCTV-8 in mainland China on 30 March 2000. The show is noted for its highly poetic dialogue, written in Western-inflected Chinese and a Shakespearean theatrical style. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Empress of China (2014)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.