The Kingdom and the Beauty

The Kingdom and the Beauty is a 1959 Hong Kong musical-drama film directed by Li Han-hsiang. 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.

Cast

 * Siu Loi Chow
 * Lin Dai as Li Feng
 * Li Jen Ho
 * Bo Hong as Liu Jin
 * Wei Hong as Li's sister-in-law
 * King Hu as Ta Niu
 * Jing Ting (singing voice)
 * Wei Lieh Lan
 * Lam Ma as Chou Yung
 * Rhoqing Tang as Dowager Empress
 * Margaret Tu Chuan as Village Girl
 * Yuanlong Wang as Liang Chu
 * Chih-Ching Yang as Li's brother
 * Zhao Lei as Emperor Chu Te Cheng