Lover of the Last Empress
1995, Cantonese. Directed by Andrew Lau Wai-keung.
The story of an innocent girl who is destined to become one of the emperor´s concubines. Initially she suffers from a loss of innocence and the intrigues of the other concubines but over the course of time she becomes less and less scrupulous and finally is impregnated by the emperor and thus becomes his wife - the empress of China. However, her "career" has corrupted her once innocent soul and so, after the emperor dies she rules the land with terror.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Cantonese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Andrew Lau Wai-keungDirector
- Chingmy Yau Suk-ChingHui Yu Lan/Empress Tzu Hsi
- Tony Leung Ka-faiPrince Kung/Yik Shut
- Valerie ChowThe Queen
- Yu RongguangEmperor Hsien Feng
- Yvonne Yung HungLady Li
- Kingdom Yuen King-tanDa Niu
- Power Chan Kwok-pongEunuch Xiao An
- Ku FengGeneral Su Shun
- Lau ShunGeneral Cai Won
- Lo HungGeneral Tun Hua
- Teresa Ha PingYu Lan/Tzu Hsi's mother
- Lui TatEunuch Kwok
Details
- Released
- 17 March 1995
- Original title
- 慈禧秘密生活
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Written by
- Wong Jing
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Lover of the Last Empress runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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Lover of the Last Empress isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 17 March 1995. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like Lover of the Last Empress?
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Who directed Lover of the Last Empress?
Lover of the Last Empress (1995) was directed by Andrew Lau Wai-keung and stars Chingmy Yau Suk-Ching, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Valerie Chow.