The Emperor and the Assassin(Movie, 1998)

Name: The Emperor and the Assassin
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 1998
Duration: T02:42:00
Rating: 3.5

Original title: "荆轲刺秦王" (Chinese (Mandarin)/ZH)

2h 42min | Genres: History, Drama

Rating: 3.5/5 (with 35 votes)

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. The film was directed by Chen Kaige and stars Gong Li, Zhang Fengyi, Li Xuejian, and Zhou Xun. The film was well received critically and won the Technical Prize at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. It was the most expensive Chinese film made up to that time, costing US$20 million. ()

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About The Emperor and the Assassin

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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Production countries: People's Republic of China, France, Japan

Plays in: Shaanxi

Made by: Le Studio Canal+, Hahn Shin Corporation

Original language: Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Spoken languages: Polish (PL), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Translated into 14 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 10/08/1998

Cast: Gong Li, Zhang Fengyi, Zhou Xun, Li Xuejian, Chen Kaige, Zhao Benshan

Director: Chen Kaige

Producer: Han Sanping

Screenwriter: Chen Kaige

Director of Photography: Zhao Fei

Composer: Zhao Jiping

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Jing Ke ci Qin Wang"

"Der Kaiser und sein Attentäter"

"L'Empereur et l'assassin"

Keywords: governance, concubine, china, kingdom, occupying power, 3rd century bc, assassin, warring states period

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