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The Banquet

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  • "Ye yan"
  • "Yan"
  • "Legend of the black scorpion"

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  • "Scheming royals and other officials seek to conquer empires and consolidate power to form a single omnipotent dynasty. Meanwhile, a legendary empress who has the fighting skills unparalleled by any man, harbors forbidden desires for her stepson. Set in the Age of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, tells the story of a royal court in turmoil including forbidden love, deceit, revenge, overpowering beauty, and greed."
  • "Als in China in 907 het keizerrijk wankelt na de plotselinge dood van de keizer, valt de verdenking op zijn jaloerse en ambitieuze broer Li die meteen de macht grijpt."
  • "A lavish Chinese epic, set in the Age of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, tells the story of a royal court in turmoil: forbidden love, deceit, revenge, overpowering beauty, and greed. A young empress finds her empire on the verge of a massive revolution as storms begin to brew both within the royal court as well as in the outlying kingdoms. She turns to her stepson for assistance but finds herself deeply involved in an attempt to have her throne and power overtaken. The film is heavily influenced by Shakespeare's plays, specifically Hamlet and Macbeth."
  • "As beautiful as she is young and as limber as she is smart, Empress Wan can launch a thousand ships with her charm and fight a hundred soldiers with her sword. But something is lacking in her life. Unfulfilled in her royal boudoir, she harbors forbidden desires for her stepson Wu Luan, an introverted and melancholic young man four months her senior, who shies away from the palace to indulge in the ancient art of music and dance."
  • "A lavish Chinese epic, set in the Age of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, tells the story of a royal court in turmoil: forbidden love, deceit, revenge, overpowering beauty, and greed. The second disc contains several in-depth bonus features."
  • ""Der Sohn eines ermordeten chinesischen Kaisers aus dem 10. Jahrhundert versucht nach seiner Rückkehr, dem Hofstaat die Augen über das Wesen der neuen Machthaber zu öffnen. Ein opulent ausgestattetes Historiendrama mit zahlreichen Anleihen bei den Königsdramen von William Shakespeare [...]". [film-dienst.de]."
  • "A lavish Chinese epic based on Shakespeare's Hamlet tells the story of a royal court in turmoil during the age of Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms."
  • "Set in the tenth century at the fall of the Tang Dynasty and is based loosely on Shakespeare's Hamlet. When the emperor's brother kills him, usurps the throne and marries the empress, the late emperor's son returns to avenge his father.("

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  • "Film adaptations"
  • "Romance"
  • "History"
  • "Epic films"
  • "Motion pictures, Chinese"
  • "Drama"
  • "Political drama"
  • "Feature : Foreign"
  • "Chinese films"
  • "Historical films"
  • "Feature films"
  • "Period films"
  • "Melodrama"

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  • "Ye yan"
  • "Ye yan (Motion picture)"
  • "The banquet"
  • "The Banquet"@en
  • "The Banquet"

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