The Emperor and the Assassin
Jing Ke ci Qin Wang
1998, Film, 162 min, Drama, History, Romance, Chinese, China, MoviePedia score 69
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.
Directed by Kaige Chen
Cast
- Gong Li as Lady Zhao
- Fengyi Zhang as Jing Ke the assassin
- Zhou Sun as Dan, Prince of Yan
- Xiaohe Lü as General Fan Yuqi
- Zhiwen Wang as Marquis Changxin
- Kaige Chen as Lu Buwei Prime Minister
- Yongfei Gu as Queen Mother
- Benshan Zhao as Gao Jianli
- Haifeng Ding as Qin Wuyang
- Changjiang Pan as Prison Official
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