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The Emperor and the Assassin
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.
1998 · Directed by Chen Kaige · 162 min · History · Drama · 10 frames
Crew
- Written by: Wang Peigong, Chen Kaige
- Cinematography: Zhao Fei
- Edited by: Xinxia Zhou
- Music: Zhao Jiping
- Production design: Qi Lin
- Produced by: Chen Kaige, Satoru Iseki
Cast
- Gong Li as Lady Zhao
- Zhang Fengyi as Jing Ke
- Li Xuejian as Ying Zheng
- Wang Zhiwen as Marquis Changxin
- Sun Zhou as Prince Yan Dan
- Chen Kaige as Lu Buwei
- Pan Changjiang as Prison Official
- Zhao Benshan as Gao Jianli
- Ding Haifeng as Qin Wuyang
- Zhou Xun as Blind Girl
Production
- Country: China, France, Japan
- Language: Polish, Mandarin
- Studios: Hahn Shin Corporation, Le Studio Canal+
- Themes: assassin, china, kingdom, occupying power, governance, concubine, warring states period, 3rd century bc
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