The Emperor and the Assassin(1998)

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.

Genre: History, Drama

Director: Kaige Chen

Actors: Gong Li, Fengyi Zhang, Zhou Sun, Xiaohe Lü, Zhiwen Wang, Kaige Chen, Yongfei Gu, Benshan Zhao, Haifeng Ding, Changjiang Pan

Release date: 1998-10-08

Country of origin: People's Republic of China, France, Japan

Length: 2h 42m

Ratings:

• 7.2/10
• 81%
• 75/100