The Emperor and the Assassin
- IMDb link: 0162866
- IMDb rating: 7.2 (6,708 votes) Search
- Genres: Drama, Romance, History
- Director: Zhou Sun, Kaige Chen
- Cast: Li Gong, Fengyi Zhang, Xiaohe Lü and others
- Release date: 14 Nov 1998
- Release year: 1998
- Runtime: 162 minutes
- Country: China, France, Japan
- Keywords: political plot, cruelty, loyalty, spy, heir to the throne, abuse of power, warring states era, kingdom, invasion, unification
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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.
China, 230 BC. In a land divided into six powerful kingdoms, the idealistic king Ying Zheng harbours an ambitious vision. Obsessed with unifying China and becoming its first emperor, he embarks on a bloody campaign to forcefully subdue the neighbouring realms in pursuit of a peaceful and united country. Now, anyone who dares to stand in his way pays the price. Amid turmoil, Lady Zhao, the ruler's long-time concubine, finds herself embroiled in a dangerous assassination plot. As a result, her life and the fate of Zheng's dream hang in the balance. Faced with a harrowing secret and a ruthless task, is the monarch truly destined to unite and lead?
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