Directed by:
Kenji MizoguchiComposer:
Fumio HayasakaCast:
Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori, Sō Yamamura, Haruko Sugimura, Isao Yamagata, Sachiko Murase, Tatsuya Ishiguro, Eitarô Ozawa, 進藤英太郎, 花布辰男, 中条静夫, Michiko Ai (more)VOD (1)
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Yokihi recounts the Chinese legend referred to in its title. In eighth-century T'ang China, widowed Emperor Hsüan-tsung (Masayuki Mori) reigns alone, devoting his life to the composition of music. When he meets and falls in love with a beautiful young woman (Machiko Kyo), who will become his imperial concubine, a tale of political intrigue and rival dynasties is set in motion, with ultimately tragic consequences. Sumptuously filmed in vibrant colour, Yokihi is the most ancient of Mizoguchi's costume dramas, yet its central themes of passion, sorrow, and the conflict between love and power remain timeless it was also nominated for the Golden Lion at Venice. (Eureka Entertainment)
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Machiko Kyō
Japan
Best movies:
Rashomon (1950)
Tales of Ugetsu (1953)
The Face of Another (1966)
Masayuki Mori
Japan
Best movies:
Zatoichi at the Fire Festival (1970)
Asu o tsukuru hitobito (1946)
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Sō Yamamura
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Revenge (1963)
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Haruko Sugimura
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Early Summer (1951)
Red Beard (1965)
Isao Yamagata
UK
Best movies:
Seven Samurai (1954)
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
A Story Written with Water (1965)
Sachiko Murase
Japan
Best movies:
Zatoichi, the Fugitive (1963)
Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965)
Kisses (1957)
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Japan
Best movies:
Revenge (1963)
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)
Eitarô Ozawa
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
Steel Edge of Revenge (1969) - narrator
進藤英太郎
Japan
Best movies:
Revenge (1964)
Legend of Bailiff Sansho (1954)
Drunken Angel (1948)
花布辰男
Japan
Best movies:
Floating Weeds (1959)
Giants and Toys (1958)
Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)
中条静夫
Japan
Best movies:
Fires on the Plain (1959)
Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)
Michiko Ai
Best movies:
Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)
Orgies of Edo (1969)
Yôko Minamida
Japan
Best movies:
A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)
The Sun Legend of the End of the Tokugawa Era (1957)
Pigs and Battleships (1961)
Osamu Maruyama
Japan
Best movies:
Floating Weeds (1959)
Street of Shame (1956)
Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)