''The Last Tempest'' () is a 1976 Hong Kong
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Li Han-hsiang
Richard Li Han-hsiang (; 7 March 1926 in Jinxi, Liaoning – 17 December 1996 in Beijing) was a Chinese film director. Li directed more than 70 films in his career beginning in the 1950s and lasting till the 1990s. His '' The Enchanting Shadow' ...
.
The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film at the
49th Academy Awards
The 49th Academy Awards were presented Monday, March 28, 1977, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, hosted by Richard Pryor, Ellen Burstyn, Jane Fonda, and Warren Beatty. Both '' Network'' and '' All the President's Men' ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Cast
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Ti Lung as
Emperor Guangxu
*
Lisa Lu as
Empress Dowager Cixi
Empress Dowager Cixi ( ; 29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908) was a Manchu noblewoman of the Yehe Nara clan who effectively but periodically controlled the Chinese government in the late Qing dynasty as empress dowager and regent for almost 50 ...
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Ivy Ling Po as
Empress Xiaodingjing
* Siu Yiu as
Consort Zhen
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Miao Tien as
Li Lianying
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Wong Yue as Zhang Jinxi
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Lin Yun as
Kang Youwei
Kang Youwei (; Cantonese: ''Hōng Yáuh-wàih''; 19March 185831March 1927) was a political thinker and reformer in China of the late Qing dynasty. His increasing closeness to and influence over the young Guangxu Emperor sparked confli ...
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Yueh Hua as
Tan Sitong
*Chen Ping as
Consort Jin Consort Jin may refer to:
Imperial consorts with the surname Jin
* Jin Yueguang ( 315) and Jin Yuehua ( 315–318), two of Liu Cong's later empresses
The Han-Zhao emperor Liu Cong (Han-Zhao), Liu Cong, after his third wife Empress Liu E (Han-Zhao) ...
*Shum Lo as Eunuch Wang Shang
*Ingrid Hu Yan Yan as
Princess Der Ling
*Wong Sun as
Yuan Shikai
Yuan Shikai (; 16 September 18596 June 1916) was a Chinese general and statesman who served as the second provisional president and the first official president of the Republic of China, head of the Beiyang government from 1912 to 1916 and ...
*Yeung Chi-hing as Official Hsu Tung
*Wang Hsieh as Official Kang Li
*Chiang Nan as Official
Tai Yi
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Ching Miao as
Ronglu
*Lo Hol Pang as Yang Shenxiu
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Kong Ngai as
Lin Xu
See also
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List of submissions to the 49th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
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References
External links
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1976 films
1976 drama films
1970s Mandarin-language films
Films directed by Li Han-hsiang
Films set in 19th-century Qing dynasty
Cultural depictions of Empress Dowager Cixi
Hong Kong historical films
Hong Kong drama films
1970s Hong Kong films
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