Empress Wu
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Length
- 40 episodes
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
A television serial about Wu Zetian, the only woman to rule China as Empress Regnant. It follows her life and rise to power in ancient China.
historicaldramaticepisodicperiodpoliticalintriguingambitiousserious
What happens
Empress Wu is a 1984 Hong Kong television serial based on the biography of Wu Zetian (Cantonese: Mou Zak-tin), the only woman in Chinese history to assume the title of "Empress Regnant", starring Petrina Fung as the title character. The serial was produced by ATV and was first aired in Hong Kong on ATV Home from 6 August to 28 September 1984. It was shown with English subtitles in Australia on SBS from 1987 to 1990. A dubbed English version of the serial was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 in sixty-five weekly 30-minute episodes from 4 October 1987 to 21 January 1989. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Secret History of Empress Wu (2011)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.