The Emperor And The Assassin

1999 • 161 minutes
4.2
17 reviews
81%
Tomatometer
R
Rating
Eligible
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From the acclaimed director of Farewell, My Concubine comes THE EMPEROR AND THE ASSASSIN a visuallystunning epic, exploring the devastating price one country pays for peace and one man pays for power. Ying Zheng, the King of Qin, has one driving ambition: to unify China's seven kingdoms into one magnificent empire. Impressed by her lover's convictions, Lady Zhao (Gong Li) helps Ying Zheng concoct an assassination plot that would justify the conquest of Qin's most powerful enemy. When Ying Zheng's peaceful mission explodes into a brutal holocaust, a disillusioned Lady Zhao is forced to question her loyalty and her lover's destiny. (Original Title - The Emperor And The Assassin) (c) 1999 Motion Picture: © 1999 Shin Corporation. All Rights Reserved. | English Subtitles: © 1999 Sony Pictures Classics Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Rating
R

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4.2
17 reviews
Mike Peterson (Mic Pete)
February 2, 2019
0★!! Be forewarned it says the audio is English language, IT IS NOT, its mandarin or some other language that I don't know. I've checked three different places all of them say English Audio, English subtitle. Thought you ought to know she was pretty decent film, but I can't ever rate a film as good when they post fraudulent information about it, no matter who's responsible. • mic pete • Cl;-)~ • Ririe, Idaho USA 🇺🇸
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Richard Arreola
December 28, 2017
The characters are fully developed and each has definitive purpose. I has watched this movie many time looking at different sub plots. A great film to study.
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Gary Chin
November 13, 2014
陈凯歌的,还是不错的
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