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  1. The Emperor and the Assassin ( Chinese: 荊軻刺秦王; pinyin: Jīngkē cì qínwáng; lit. 'Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin'), also known as The First Emperor, is a 1998–1999 Chinese historical romance film based primarily on Jing Ke 's assassination attempt on the King of Qin, as described in Sima Qian 's Records of the Grand Historian.

  2. Nov 14, 1998 · The Emperor and the Assassin: Directed by Kaige Chen. With Gong Li, Fengyi Zhang, Zhou Sun, Xiaohe Lü. 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.

    • (6.5K)
    • Drama, History, Romance
    • Kaige Chen
    • 1998-11-14
  3. Set in the 20th Century BC, "The Emperor and the Assasin" tells the story of Ying Zheng, a power-hungry heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Qin, whose only...

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    • Chen Kaige
    • R
    • Gong Li
  4. From the acclaimed director of Farewell, My Concubine comes THE EMPEROR AND THE ASSASSIN a visuallystunning epic, exploring the devastating price one country...

  5. Synopsis. 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.

    • Chen Kaige
    • 162 min
    • 6
  6. Jan 1, 2000 · 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.

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  8. 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.