Factual error: When the Empress is dressing for the Chrysanthemum festival, bobby pins and hair pins are visible in her hair, not made available until the 20th century.
Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
Directed by: Yimou Zhang
Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Li Gong, Jay Chou, Ye Liu
Trivia: The plot of the movie is based on a 1934 play Thunderstorm by Yu Cao, a Chinese playwright, set in the 10th-century imperial China court. The Mandarin Chinese movie title is taken from the last line of a poem by a 9th-century rebel leader who was at war against the Tang Dynasty.
Emperor Ping: What I do not give, you must never take by force.
