Summary:
A lavishly produced historical drama from China, Jing Ke Ci Qin Wang/The Emperor and the Assassin tells the complex, multi-facetted story of the man who became the first Emperor of a unified China, another man who has sworn to kill him, and a woman who is loved by both men. Late in the Third Century B.C., when China was comprised of seven rival kingdoms, Ying Zheng (Li Xuejian) ... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Gong Li - (Lady Zhao)
Zhang Fengyi - (Jing Ke)
Li Xuejian - (Ying Zheng, King Of Qin)
Sun Zhou - (Dan, Prince Of Yan)
Wang Zhiwen - (Marquis Changxin)
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Review:
Working with by far his largest budget to date, Chinese master Chen Kaige orchestrates an epic -- and epically melodramatic -- reproduction of the bloody unification of China in The Emperor and the Assassin. From the first moments, with the massive title cards bearing down on the massive battlefields, everything about this film is big. Yet it... Continue >>

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