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The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)
Directed by Chen Kaige
History, Drama · 2h 42m
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.
Cast
Gong Li
Zhang Fengyi
Li Xuejian
Wang Zhiwen
Sun Zhou
Chen Kaige
Pan Changjiang
Zhao Benshan
Ding Haifeng
Zhou Xun
Lü Xiaohe
Kong Qinsan
Crew
- Director
- Chen Kaige
- Writer
- Wang Peigong, Chen Kaige
- Director of Photography
- Zhao Fei
- Original Music Composer
- Zhao Jiping
- Editor
- Xinxia Zhou
- Producer
- Chen Kaige, Satoru Iseki
Details
- Original title
- 荆轲刺秦王
- Release date
- 1998-10-08
- Runtime
- 2h 42m
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Original language
- ZH
- Spoken languages
- Polish, Mandarin
- Countries
- China, France, Japan
- Production
- Hahn Shin Corporation, Le Studio Canal+