The Emperor and the Assassin
荆轲刺秦王
CINEMA1998-10-08
RegionCN / FR
Runtime162 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Chen Kaige’s operatic historical drama detailing the moral gravity and fateful obsession behind the assassination of Qin Shi Huang.”
Storyline
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.
DIRECTOR / Director
Chen Kaige
KEYWORDS
assassinchinakingdomoccupying powergovernanceconcubinewarring states period3rd century bc
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