The Kingdom and the Beauty
The Kingdom and the Beauty 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.
Cast
- Siu Loi Chow
- Lin Dai as Li Feng
- Li Jen Ho
- Bo Hong as Liu Jin
- Wei Hong as Li's sister-in-law
- King Hu as Ta Niu
- Jing Ting
- Wei Lieh Lan
- Lam Ma as Chou Yung
- Rhoqing Tang as Dowager Empress
- Margaret Tu Chuan as Village Girl
- Yuanlong Wang as Liang Chu
- Chih-Ching Yang as Li's brother
- Zhao Lei as Emperor Chu Te Cheng