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Nov 14, 1998 · The Emperor and the Assassin: Directed by Kaige Chen. With Gong Li, Fengyi Zhang, Zhou Sun, Xiaohe Lü. 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.
The Emperor and the Assassin (Chinese: 荊軻刺秦王; pinyin: Jīngkē cì qínwáng; lit. 'Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin'), also known as The First Emperor, is a 1998–1999 Chinese historical romance film based primarily on Jing Ke's assassination attempt on the King of Qin, as described in Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian.
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.
The Emperor AndThe Assassin. Gong Li stars in director Chen Kaige's epic recreation of the life and bloody time of China's firstemperor. 190 IMDb 7.2 2 h 41 min 1999. X-Ray R.
Impressed by her lover's convictions, Lady Zhao (Gong Li) helps Ying Zheng concoct an assassination plot that would justify the conquest of Qin's most powerful enemy. When Ying Zheng's peaceful...
Set in the 20th Century BC, "The Emperor and the Assasin" tells the story of Ying Zheng, a power-hungry heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Qin, whose only goal...
- History, Drama
The Emperor and the Assassin. 1998 · 2 hr 42 min. R. Drama · Romance · Foreign/International. The King of Qin sets out to become the first emperor of a unified China in 3rd century BC, unleashing a reign of terror on all who stand in his way. Subtitles: English. Starring: Gong Li Fengyi Zhang Xiaohe Lü Zhou Sun Zhiwen Wang Kaige Chen Yongfei Gu.
