Oct 08, 1998
162 min
Full-HD

The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)

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.

Category

History Drama

Country

China France Japan

Companies

Hahn Shin Corporation Le Studio Canal+

Gong Li

Lady Zhao

Zhang Fengyi

Jing Ke

Li Xuejian

Ying Zheng

Wang Zhiwen

Marquis Changxin

Sun Zhou

Prince Yan Dan

Chen Kaige

Lu Buwei

Pan Changjiang

Prison Official

Zhao Benshan

Gao Jianli

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