The Kingdom and the Beauty (1959)
The Kingdom and the Beauty is a 1959 Hong Kong musical-drama film directed by Li Han-hsiang. The film was set in Imperial China, directed by a Hong Kong based-Mainland Chinese director and produced by the famed Hong Kong Shaw Brothers film studio, there was minimal Singaporean input in the film-making. Despite this, the film was selected as the Singaporean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 32nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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