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The Emperor and the Assassin

  • October 1998
  • 2hrs

    42mins

  • History
  • Drama
  • Directed by

    Chen Kaige,

    Tsuguhiko Kadokawa,

    Han Sanping,

    Starring

    Gong Li,

    Zhang Fengyi,

    Li Xuejian,

    Zhiwen Wang

    ...

    In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.