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Plot. The film covers much of Ying Zheng 's career, recalling his early experiences as a hostage and foreshadowing his dominance over China. He is essentially depicted as an idealist seeking to impose a peace or unity on the world. However, his experiencing of various betrayals and losses slowly turn him into a mad tyrant.
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.
- (6.5K)
- Drama, History, Romance
- Kaige Chen
- 1998-11-14
Summaries. 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. In the 3rd Century BC, Ying Zheng, heir to the Kingdom of Qin, seeks to dominate the remaining six Chinese kingdoms.
Synopsis 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 is to conquer...
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- Chen Kaige
- R
- Gong Li
Oct 8, 1998 · The Emperor and the Assassin is a nearly three hour epic tale of Ying Zheng’s tribulations, some self-created, as he faced the last two states of Zhou and Yan in his bid to unite the states by virtue of annihilating them in battle.
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- Chen Kai Ge
- China
- Action, Adventure, Historical, War
The story revolves around Ying Zheng (Li Xuejian), the ruthless third-century B.C. ruler who became China's first emperor after conquering and forcibly unifying the country's seven kingdoms. That...
Plot. Set in the 3rd century BC, "The Emperor and the Assassin" tells the story of Ying Zheng, a power-hungry heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Qin, whose only goal is to conquer the other six kingdoms existing in China, and merge them into his own, and under his rule.
