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The Emperor and the Assassin

6.919982h 42mRMovieHistoryDrama

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.

DirectorChen Kaige
WritersChen Kaige·Wang Peigong
ProducersSatoru Iseki·Tsuguhiko Kadokawa

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Cast · Directed by Chen Kaige

GLGong Li
Gong Li
Lady Zhao
ZFZhang Fengyi
Zhang Fengyi
Jing Ke
LXLi Xuejian
Li Xuejian
Ying Zheng
WZWang Zhiwen
Wang Zhiwen
Marquis Changxin
SZSun Zhou
Sun Zhou
Prince Yan Dan
CKChen Kaige
Chen Kaige
Lu Buwei
PCPan Changjiang
Pan Changjiang
Prison Official
ZBZhao Benshan
Zhao Benshan
Gao Jianli
DHDing Haifeng
Ding Haifeng
Qin Wuyang
ZXZhou Xun
Zhou Xun
Blind Girl
LXLü Xiaohe
Lü Xiaohe
General Fan Yuqi
KQKong Qinsan
Kong Qinsan
Liang Shi

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