21 Oct 2005
Catherine the Great
Drama documentary reconstructing the life and times of Catherine the Great of Russia.
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love with her and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets. The ministers misuse their power so much that there is a popular revolt against the Yangs, fueled by An Lushan.
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京マチ子 Princess Yang Kwei-fei
森雅之 Emperor Xuan Zong
山村聰 An Lushan
進藤英太郎 Kao Li-hsi
小沢栄太郎 Yang Kuo-chung
杉村春子 Princess Yen-chun
南田洋子 Hung-tao
見明凡太朗 Chen-Hsuan-li
石黒達也 Li Lin-fu
信欣三 Servant
丸山修 Li Kuei-nien
山形勲 Yang Hsien
村田知栄子 Lu-hua
阿井美千子 Honghua
霧立のぼる Cuihua
Rieko Himeji Yoshiko Kusunoki 
川上 康子 
春本富士夫 Fujio Harumoto
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