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.
- Released
- 1998-10-08
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Runtime
- 162 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Chen Kaige
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 92 votes
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
- Lü Xiaohe as General Fan Yuqi
- Kong Qinsan as Liang Shi
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