Kawashima Yoshiko (film)

Kawashima Yoshiko

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Traditional 川島芳子
Simplified 川岛芳子
Mandarin Chuān Dǎo Fāng Zǐ
Cantonese Cyun1 Dou2 Fong1 Zi2
Directed by Eddie Fong
Produced by Teddy Robin
Screenplay by Lilian Lee
Starring Anita Mui
Andy Lau
Patrick Tse
Derek Yee
Music by Jim Sam
Cinematography Jingle Ma
Edited by Henry Cheung
Production
company
Paragon Films
Distributed by Golden Harvest
Release dates
28 July 1990 (1990-07-28)
Running time
105 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Box office HK$11,798,844

Kawashima Yoshiko is a 1990 Hong Kong historical drama film directed by Eddie Fong based on the life of Yoshiko Kawashima, a Manchu princess who was brought up as a Japanese and served as a spy in the service of the Japanese Kwantung Army and Manchukuo during the Second World War. Film stars Anita Mui as Kawashima, Andy Lau, Patrick Tse and Derek Yee.

Plot

Yoshiko Kawashima is the 14th princess of Prince Su of the Qing dynasty. In order to revive Manchu culture, Prince Su sent Yoshiko to Japan to be trained as a spy by Naniwa Kawashima, who also deprived Yoshiko of her virginity. Yoshiko was ordered to marry a Mongol prince, although the marriage was a failure. After breaking with Naniwa, Yoshiko went to Shanghai and, with her beauty and leverage, she attaches herself to Japanese general Tanaka Takayoshi and helps Puyi establish Manchukuo in Hsinking. She becomes a commander of a Manchukuo army unit and a Japanese spy, seeking revenge on revolutionaries. But upon seeing her former lover Cloud, who became a revolutionary, being arrested for assassinating Takayoshi, Yoshiko has a change of mind. But a crisis will ensue.

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Box office

The film grossed HK$11,798,844 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 28 July to 23 August 1990 in Hong Kong.

Award nominations

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