Lover of the Last Empress

Year: 1995

Runtime: 100 mins

Language: Cantonese

Director: Andrew Lau

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A naïve girl is chosen to join the emperor’s harem, where she endures the scheming of rival concubines and a gradual loss of innocence. Over time she becomes increasingly ruthless, is taken by the emperor, bears his child and ascends to become the Empress of China. After his death she rules the realm with terror.

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