The concubine

THE CONCUBINE (2013) Dae-seung Kim

In Imperial China, one of the important tasks that the emperor needed to do was to ensure the continuation of the dynasty, which was achieved by the production

The Treacherous, 2015

A breathtakingly intimate romance unfolds against a sweeping backdrop of social upheaval in renowned director Chen Kaige’s sumptuous saga of passion, fate, and the transcendent possi­bilities of art. Spanning fifty years of twentieth-century Chinese history, Farewell My Concubine follows aspiring actors Cheng Dieyi (a heartbreaking Leslie Cheung) and Duan Xiaolou (Zhang Fengyi) as they emerge from a childhood of brutal training to become Beijing-opera stars, with life mirroring art as…

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Born to royalty, Jinda must become one of King Phra Chairacha's four concubines to reclaim her dynasty's throne, even as it separates her from her lover Wamon. She competes against three foreign concubines for the role of queen consort.