Kawashima Yoshiko (VCD) (Hong Kong Version) VCD

One of Anita Mui's most acclaimed performances is the title role in Kawashima Yoshiko, a sweeping 1990 biopic about the life and death of the Manchurian princess executed as a Japanese agent in 1948. Based on a book by acclaimed author Lilian Lee (Farewell my Concubine, Green Snake) and costarring the one and only Andy Lau, Kawashima Yoshiko carries a lot of cinematic clout, not the least of which is Mui's nuanced portrayal of one of the most complicated and controversial figures of modern Chinese history. Kawashima was reviled as a ruthless traitor for much of the twentieth century, but this thoughtful film demands a rethinking of the tragic circumstances that led the last Chinese princess - and her country - down the road to ruin.

Born less than five years before the fall of the Qing dynasty, Princess Dongzhen grows up in Japan, where she is indoctrinated into the emerging fascist regime. After being callously forced into a political marriage to a Mongolian prince, Dongzhen - now called Kawashima Yoshiko - swears to take vengeance on the world that discarded her. As an agent for the Japanese, Kawashima ruthlessly sets out to re-establish the Manchurian royal family, eventually becoming a general in the Imperial Japanese army. Unleashing a bloody reign of terror on her former countrymen, Kawashima succeeds in securing her place in history, but as the war draws towards its inevitable conclusion, the former princess finds herself trapped in a deadly web of her own devising.

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Product Title:	Kawashima Yoshiko (VCD) (Hong Kong Version) 川島芳子 (VCD) (香港版) 川岛芳子 (VCD) (香港版) 女スパイ・川島芳子 （香港版） Kawashima Yoshiko (VCD) (Hong Kong Version)
Artist Name(s):	Andy Lau (Actor) | Anita Mui (Actor) | Lawrence Ng | Blackie Ko | Patrick Tse | Derek Yee | Idy Chan | Lo Wai Kwong 劉 德華 (Actor) | 梅艷芳 (Actor) | 吳啟華 | 柯受良 | 謝賢 | 爾 冬陞 | 陳玉蓮 | 盧惠光 刘 德华 (Actor) | 梅艳芳 (Actor) | 吴启华 | 柯受良 | 谢贤 | 尔 冬升 | 陈玉莲 | 卢惠光 劉徳華 （アンディ・ラウ） (Actor) | 梅艶芳 （アニタ・ムイ） (Actor) | 呉啓華（ン・カイワー） | 柯受良（ブラッキー・コー） | 謝賢（パトリック・ツェー） | 爾冬隆（イー・トンシン） | 陳玉蓮（チャン・ヨクリン） | 慮恵光（ロー・ワイコン） 유덕화 (Actor) | Anita Mui (Actor) | Lawrence Ng | Blackie Ko | Patrick Tse | Derek Yee | Idy Chan | Lo Wai Kwong
Director:	Fong Ling Ching 方令正 方令正 Fong Ling Ching Fong Ling Ching
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Release Date:	2007-01-02
Language:	Cantonese, Mandarin
Subtitles:	English, Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin:	Hong Kong
Disc Format(s):	VCD
Rating:	IIB
Publisher:	Joy Sales (HK)
Other Information:	2VCDs
Package Weight:	80 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	4099

導演︰方令正
Director: Fong Ling Ching
監制：泰迪羅賓
Producer: Teddy Robin

芳子本為清肅親王十四格格，自幼被送往日本受間諜訓練。後為養父奪去貞操，一怒嫁往蒙古，策動滿蒙獨立，後政治婚姻失敗，輾轉逃到上海，邂逅戲班小子雲開。芳子憑藉美色，攀附日將宇野，扶搖直上，建立大功，將皇后婉容偷運至旅順，並協助浦儀在長春建立滿洲國，後成為安國軍總司令。重遇雲開時，他已是上海頭號武生美猴王，亦是革命份子。雲開伺機在芳子壽宴上行刺宇野不果，後被日軍拘捕。芳子以自己僅存勢力，營救雲開，但收買不到他。芳子私放雲開，惹來日方不滿，派其初戀情人山家亨來暗殺她，亨幾番掙扎，終將芳子放逐回日本。芳子不甘窩囊，重回中國復出，適逢日軍敗撤，芳子被捕，被判死刑。

Kawashima Yoshiko was originally the 14th daughter of Emperor Xu. She was sent to Japan to train in the ways of the Samurai but lost her virginity to Samurai. She then married a Mongolian prince and set her mind to fight for the independence of Mongolia but the marriage failed. Arriving Shanghai, she met an opera singer Wan Hoi. Because of her beauty and background, she achieved a great deal, including successfully smuggled a Queen, Yuen Yung and helped Pu Yi to establish Manchuria. Unexpectedly, she met up again with Wan Hoi, who was the number one singer at that time but also part of the rebel force, and tried to unsuccessfully assassinate Yu-Yeh resulting in his own death. Yoshiko saved him but he could not be bought, so she set him free without Japanese' permission. The Japanese were dissatisfied and eventually she was exiled back to Japan. She later returned to China. However, because of the lost of Japan, she got arrested and executed.

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