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The Emperor and the Assassin

Original title: 荆轲刺秦王

1998 · R · 2h 42m

Directed by Chen Kaige

7.1

TMDB audience score
93 votes, out of 10

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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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Cast

  • 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

  • Ding Haifeng
    Qin Wuyang

  • Zhou Xun
    Blind Girl

  • Lü Xiaohe
    General Fan Yuqi

  • Kong Qinsan
    Liang Shi

  • Gu Yongfei
    Queen Mother

  • Li Qiang
    Han Shi

  • Li Hongtao
    Li Si

  • Wang Qianyuan
    Zhao Shi

  • Han Dong
    Qin Yushou