The Empress Dowager
by Li Han-hsiang
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Actor: Gong Li, Lui Xiao QingDirector: Li Han-hsiang
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Chinese (Original Language); English (Dubbed)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-09-17
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: World Video
DVD Reviews of The Empress Dowager
DVD Review: This is Li Han Hsiang's 1989 version, not 1975 version as listed by Amazon
Summary: 4 Stars
This director made two movies of this title (in English translation). This is the 1989 "Xi tai hou" with actors Lui Xiao Qing, Gong Li (in a supporting role), Chen Dao Ming, and Li Yan. It has Mandarin and Cantonese soundtracks, with subtitles in English (though with lots of typos and literal translations).
I am not Chinese, only a newer student of China culture and history. The DVD is not as high quality as I am used to, some scratches on the film in parts. But I am happy to have bought it and to have seen it. The story is well told, I think, in a more Chinese way -- which I appreciate. This applies to the writing and directing. The acting is quite good, from any perspective. The film is short at 94 minutes but packs a lot of content, with beautiful traditional costume, decor, achitecture, storytelling, song, allusions to BeiJing Opera, and history and cultural practices of many sorts. I was familiar with Gong Li, from better known films she has done, Chinese and United States. Here her role is a supporting role, but still a significant one.
The relationships between the Empress Dowagers (mothers of the emperor), and the young Emperor and his new wife, as well as the court intrigue among the others in the royal court were intriguing and held my interest.
I felt it was a beautiful film, though somewhat foreign to me in its style and culture. I appreciate it for teaching me much in a short time, in an enjoyable way, with such beauty and poetry.
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