The Kingdom And The Beauty DVD Region 3
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Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty was notorious for his hedonism and irresponsibility. He decided to disguise himself as a civilian and travelled to the south of Yangtze. Meanwhile, imperial guard Zhou Yong was preparing to visit his hometown in the south of Yangtze and volunteered to escort Zhengde.
When they arrived in the town of Meilong, Zhengde was attracted to a young girl who played the role of the celestial lady in a local festival. As his steps brought Zhengde to the "Dragon and Phoenix Inn," he learned that the young girl Li Feng was the sister of the innkeeper. Zhengde asked for her name and caught her attention, and Li was excited to meet this young and handsome stranger. Then Zhengde expressed his passion for her and Li finally fell into his arms.
The next morning a senior official Liang Chu led troops to besiege the inn and pleaded Zhengde to leave for the capital. Only until then did Li recognise that her lover was the Emperor. Zhengde gave her a jade ornament and pledged that he would send an order to marry her when he arrived in Beijing.
Upon his return Zhengde was silenced by his mother's sternness. Soon Li was out of his mind. A year later Li gave birth to a son, which made her the subject of gossip among the town dwellers. She soon fell sick of depression. Three years had passed and still Li could hear nothing from the capital.
The inn waiter Daniu was sympathetic with Li and begged his way to the capital, where he spread the story of Li and the emperor by singing. Finally Daniu managed to catch the attention of the emperor. Zhengde then sent an envoy to Meilong to receive Li. Li asked her sister-in-law to take care of the child and set off for the capital. Before arrival Li stopped to pray in an old temple in the countryside, where she finally collapsed and died quietly. As the envoy arrived at the palace, Zhengde was shocked with grief and regret to find that Li was already dead...
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| Product Title: | The Kingdom And The Beauty 江山美人 江山美人 江山美人 The Kingdom And The Beauty |
| Artist Name(s): | Lam Doi | Chao Lei (Actor) | King Hu | Lam Doi (Actor) 林黛 | 趙雷 (Actor) | 胡金銓 | 林黛 (Actor) 林黛 | 赵雷 (Actor) | 胡金铨 | 林黛 (Actor) 林黛（リン・トイ） | Chao Lei (Actor) | 胡金銓 （キン・フー） | Lam Doi (Actor) Lam Doi | Chao Lei (Actor) | Hu Jin Quan | Lam Doi (Actor) |
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| Release Date: | 2002-12-05 |
| Language: | Mandarin |
| Subtitles: | English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Bahasa (Malaysia), Bahasa (Indonesia) |
| Country of Origin: | Hong Kong |
| Picture Format: | NTSC What is it? |
| Disc Format(s): | DVD |
| Region Code: | 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it? |
| Duration: | 95 (mins) |
| Publisher: | Intercontinental Video (HK) |
| Package Weight: | 150 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1002392503 |
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明朝正德皇（趙雷）怠惰慵懶，無心政事，聞說江南風光如畫，決意微服私遊。恰巧殿前侍衛周勇（馬霖）回鄉省親，沿途護送。兩人來到梅龍鎮，適逢酬神廟會，看到一名扮作天女散花的美貌少女，正德皇深為傾倒，情難自已。
正德皇順步來到龍鳳店，方知那名少女就是店主之妹李鳳（林黛）。正德皇藉詞結識，李鳳見他風流俊俏，芳心竊喜。酒保大牛（金銓）見狀，上前攔阻，聲稱店主不在，不做買賣，幸得李鳳解圍。忽聞兄長李龍（楊志卿）回家，李鳳急命正德皇匿於其房。正德皇乘機向她吐露愛意，兩人終於成其好事。
Li Han-hsiang, the acknowledged master of adapting great huangmeei opera tales to film, surpasses himself with this tale of a Chinese emperor's love for a country maiden. So beautifully filmed and sensitively told, it won the best picture award at the prestigious Asian Film Festival, and was a huge box office success. Once seen, its lush color cinematography, memorable score, and the haunting beauty of its superstar, Linda Lin Dai, is rarely forgotten.
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* 1:1.33
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Hong Kong Film Awards - Best 100 Chinese Films 2005
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Customer Review of "The Kingdom And The Beauty"
June 23, 2004
| I love this movie. Love it, love it, love it. And Lin Dai is magnificient. The color, the costumes, gorgeous. Beautiful scenery. A great love story. Lin Dai's rendition of "Becoming an Emperor" is classic. I highly recommend this movie to everyone. |
February 9, 2003
| I wasn't born yet to experience any of Lin Dai's films nor I was I admirer of Mandarin musicals. I decided to take a risk on this film and find out what the big deal about Lin Dai was. She has such incredible screen presence that no other HK actress ever had. She's in top form under the expert direction of Li Han Hsiang. The colors are beautifully restored to technicolorish levels. However the films claims to be a Shaw Scope at end film and the trailor reveals a film that was perhaps 1.85:1 aspect ratio. But the full screen transfer does not indicate it was a scope film. The film also features a super young King Hu and mega young David Chiang. I look foward to more of Lin Dai's films. |
January 9, 2003
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The movie itself is a very good piece directed by Li Han Hseng and Lindai's performance is excellent. The significant thing about this movie is the super teriffic job of remastering the piece by techincians of Celestial Picture.The quality of the picture and sound are unbeatable for the old movies 40 years ago. Very nice job done and we are looking forward to the upcoming movies with the sane quality of remastering. |
January 6, 2003
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What a joy to see Lin Dai back on the screen again, for all of those movie fans who grew up in the 60s, Lin Dai was certainly one of the Brightest and most talented actress the Hongkong screen has to offer, it was utterly criminal of Shaw's Studios to keep her movies out of reach to the general public through the various new home entertainment formats such as videotapes and laserdiscs, I hope now moviefans of the world can see all of the great works of the past and not only be inundated with the current trashy product that flooded the market. "The Kingdom and the Beauty" was a good example of how a simple romantic story can be told in such a wonderful way through folk music and acted by a brilliant cast. Hopefully the future releases from the "vault" will include more films from the 50s and 60s. |
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