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Lover of the Last Empress

Name: Lover of the Last Empress
Director: Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1995-03-17
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Chingmy Yau Suk-Ching, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Valerie Chow, Yu Rongguang, Yvonne Yung Hung

1995 · 1h 40m · Drama, History

IMDb 5.6

Skip it. While the premise of a concubine's corruption has dramatic potential, this film lacks the critical acclaim or recognizable talent to justify your time—especially without any scores to vouch for its execution. There are better period dramas out there demanding your attention.

Plot

The story of an innocent girl who is destined to become one of the emperor´s concubines. Initially she suffers from a loss of innocence and the intrigues of the other concubines but over the course of time she becomes less and less scrupulous and finally is impregnated by the emperor and thus becomes his wife - the empress of China. However, her "career" has corrupted her once innocent soul and so, after the emperor dies she rules the land with terror.

Director: Andrew Lau Wai-Keung

Cast: Chingmy Yau Suk-Ching, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Valerie Chow, Yu Rongguang, Yvonne Yung Hung

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