The Kingdom and the Beauty

The Kingdom and the Beauty
Directed by Li Han-hsiang
Produced by Run Run Shaw
Written by Yue-Ting Wang
Starring Lin Dai
Zhao Lei
Cinematography Jun Yang
Release date(s) 29 June 1959 (1959-06-29)[1]
Running time 100 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Mandarin

The Kingdom and the Beauty (Chinese: 江山美人; pinyin: Jiang shan mei ren) is a 1959 Hong Kong musical-drama film directed by Li Han-hsiang.[2] 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, there was minimal Singaporean input in the film-making. Despite this, the film was selected as the Singaporean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 32nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[3]

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  1. ^ "The Kingdom and the Beauty (1959)". Hong Kong Movie Database. http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=2914&display_set=eng. Retrieved 2011-10-29. 
  2. ^ "Kingdom and the Beauty". Love HK Film. http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/kingdom_and_the_beauty.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-29. 
  3. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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