The Empress Dowager

This film (drama)Also known as傾國傾城，is aHong Kong, ChinaProducerwomen sex，At1975Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating7.8(For reference only)。

In the 20th year of Guangxu, Empress Dowager Cixi (Lu Yan) is sixty years old. Although she has "returned power" to Emperor Guangxu (Dillon), she still holds immense authority. She sends the young eunuch Kou Liancai (Jiang David) to serve Guangxu, under the pretense of attending to him, but actually to monitor him. Guangxu yearns to achieve something significant, but due to his indecisiveness, he cannot escape the Empress Dowager's control; fortunately, he finds solace in Consort Zhen (Xiao Yao), but she is also harmed by the Empress (Ling Bo) and others... The film won the 12th Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film, Best Actress (Lu Yan), and Best Art Direction in a Color Film (Chen Jingsen). "The Empress Dowager" (the empress dowager, Hong Kong, 1975), a prestigious work by Shaw Brothers, is the authoritative historical film by director Li Hanxiang. Featuring a star-studded cast under Shaw Brothers, it depicts the power struggles within the Qing palace thirty years after Cixi's regency. The famous American actress Lu Yan plays Empress Dowager Cixi, while action star Dillon portrays the ineffectual Emperor Guangxu. Jiang David's character Kou Liancai was originally meant to support Dillon but ends up overshadowing him. The film won the 12th Golden Horse Awards (1975) for Best Feature Film, Best Actress (Lu Yan), and Best Art Direction in a Color Film (Chen Jingsen).