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The Emperor and the Assassin
Running Time: 160 min.
MPAA Rating: R
Sound By: DTS Stereo
Produced By: / Beijing Film Studio / Canal Plus / China Film Co-Production Corporation / NDF International / New Wave Company / Pricel / ShinCine
Released: December 17, 1999 (USA)
Release By: Pathe Dist. Sony Pictures Classics

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 w... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew: Gong Li (Lady Zhao) Zhang Fengyi (Jing Ke) Li Xuejian (Ying Zheng, King Of Qin) Sun Zhou (Dan, Prince Of Yan) All Cast & Crew >> 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 t ... Continue >>

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