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"The Beauty of Beauties", the spectacular historical epic that swept the Golden Horse Awards (winning for best feature film, director, actor, color cinematography, and art direction), is a story drawn from China's legendary Warring States Period,. The King of Yueh, Goujian (Lei Zhao) , is defeated and imprisoned by the King of Wu, Fucha (Mu Chu). But when Goujian returns to his much-maligned homeland, he is determined to defeat Wu once and for all, with a secret weapon: a local beauty named Xi Si (Ching Chiang), who is sent to serve Fucha and lure him to his doom.

Bonus Materials

• Brand new 4K Remaster from the Original Negatives High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray in 2.39:1 Aspect Ratio
• 2.0 Original Mandarin Mono
• Newly Translated English Subtitles
• An Interview with Oriental Cinema Expert Tony Rayns
• Original Trailer Restoration Comparison

Sales Points

• For fans of BEN HUR, DR. ZHIVAGO, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, and SPARTACUS
• Won 5 Golden Horses – Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Leading Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction
• The most expensive Chinese Language production of its time

Press Quotes

Thousands of extras, grand sets, huge battle scenes and a narrative that seems to encompass all manner of intrigue--political, societal and gender

     —Eternality Tan, The Filmic eye

Director Li Han-hsiang was a Shaw Brothers veteran who took his talents to Taiwan in hopes of securing more creative freedom and bigger budgets. He got both on Beauty of Beauties, staging immense battles and crowd scenes that provide a massive sense of scale, along with gorgeous interior sets that seem to go on forever.

     —GREG WALTON, Movieline Online

The look and scope of Beauty of Beauties have all the grandeur of the epic films Hollywood made during the 1950s and 1960s.

     —MICHAEL DEN BOER, 10K Bullets