The Emperor and the Assassin
Film19982h 42m
DramaHistory
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- Director
- Chen Kaige
- Language
- Chinese
- Released
- 1998-10-08
- Runtime
- 2h 42m
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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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