The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)2h42
History · Drama
Director Chen Kaige (6.9 avg)
Also directed Farewell My Concubine, Killing Me Softly, To Each His Own Cinema, and 25 more
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.
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Cast
Gong Li
Zhang Fengyi
Li Xuejian
Wang Zhiwen
Sun Zhou
Chen Kaige
Pan Changjiang
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