“Princess Yang Kwei Fei is one of the most beautiful love stories ever put on film. But, as always in Mizoguchi, this is only half the story.... The assuredness with which he brings sweeping historical forces into the most personal dramas is a trademark of one of the world's great filmmakers.
“Part fairy tale, part ghost story, Princess Yang Kwei Fei, set in eighth-century China, tells the story of Huan Tsuang, the last T'ang emperor, who falls in love with a servant girl and makes her his empress. The film's incredibly moving final scenes show Huan Tsuang losing his Cinderella, then regaining her in a mystical embrace from beyond the grave.” --New Yorker Films