Concubinage fell into official disrepute in Japan in the late 19th Century when the Japanese discovered that Westerners considered it a barbaric practice. Many a wealthy Japanese male, however, ...
Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, Chen Kaige’s historical epic, Farewell My Concubine, spans fifty years of 20th-century Chinese history while shining a spotlight on the ...
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Charlemagne’s Many Wives & Concubines
Charlemagne is a pivotal figure in European history, known for establishing a vast empire in the 700s and influencing the formation of the French monarchy and German dynasties. He famously compelled ...
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Yang Guifei: The Tang Dynasty’s Doomed Concubine
Throughout history, physical beauty has been a coveted ideal for women across cultures and eras. But for Yang Guifei—hailed ...
Fifth-generation Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige’s “Farewell My Concubine” wowed the Cannes jury under president Louis Malle in 1993 — all the way to a Palme d’Or win. But by the time the three-hour epic ...
Exclusive: Film Movement Classics will bring a 4K uncut restoration of Chen Kaige's provocative 1993 Palme d'Or winner to North American theaters this September. Watch the trailer here. At last, ...
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