The Kingdom and the Beauty | |
Director: | Li Han-hsiang |
Producer: | Run Run Shaw |
Starring: | Lin Dai Zhao Lei |
Cinematography: | Jun Yang |
Released: | [1] |
Runtime: | 100 minutes |
Country: | Hong Kong |
Language: | Mandarin |
The Kingdom and the Beauty 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. Although there was minimal Singaporean input in the film-making, the film was selected as the Singaporean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 32nd Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[3]