Tai Jian Mi Shi 太监秘史
Chinese title (trad.):
太監秘史
Chinese title (simpl.):
太监秘史
Russian title:
История евнуха
Release year:
1990
Country:
China
Running time:
87 minutes
Genre:
drama
Language:
mandarin
Description:
Thirteen-year-old Yu Tai, driven by his family's poverty, is castrated and sent into the imperial palace. Once inside, his mentor Ha Ha-Li subjects him to every kind of cruelty. The imperial physician Wang En-Shun takes pity on Yu Tai and advises him to study opera in the Nanfu troupe. Clever Yu Tai trains hard and becomes highly skilled in martial arts. When Empress Dowager Ci Xi invites foreigners to a performance, the foreign-educated Fifth Princess serves as her interpreter. Just then, the troupe's lead performer suddenly falls ill, and at the critical moment Yu Tai steps in. Show more Ci Xi is so impressed by his superb martial skill that she soon promotes him to imperial night watchman. In the Zhongcui Palace, the Fifth Princess dances lightly to the music. Li Lian-Ying, hoping to humiliate Yu Tai, urges Ci Xi to have him dance with the Fifth Princess. Drenched in sweat, Yu Tai makes a complete fool of himself, yet the Fifth Princess finds herself drawn to him. Kind-hearted Wang En-Shun, for the sake of Yu Tai's future, secretly takes imperial medicine to bribe Li Lian-Ying. But Li Lian-Ying, resentful of Yu Tai's promotion, presents the medicine to Ci Xi. Ci Xi flies into a rage, and Wang En-Shun is beaten to death. Grief-stricken, Yu Tai swears revenge. The bored Fifth Princess happens upon Yu Tai, and the two laugh and play together, their affection growing. Amid palace life, where deceit and treachery reign and fortune turns in an instant, Yu Tai learns to flatter and curry favor, rising ever higher in rank. To avenge Wang En-Shun's death, he hatches a plan and agrees to help Ha Ha-Li smuggle opium.
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