Directed by:
Kaige ChenScreenplay:
Kaige ChenCinematography:
Fei ZhaoComposer:
Jiping ZhaoCast:
Li Gong, Fengyi Zhang, Zhou Sun, Kaige Chen, Benshan Zhao, Xun Zhou, Xuejian Li, Haifeng Ding, Zhiwen WangVOD (1)
Plots(1)
In the third century B.C., Ying Zheng (Li Xuejian), the powerful king of Qin province, struggles to unify China and become the country's first emperor. In an effort to make himself seem untouchable, he sends his lover, Lady Zhao (Gong Li), to her homeland, Han, to recruit a professional killer who will intentionally botch an assassination attempt on him. Once in Han, Zhao meets Jing Ke (Fengyi Zhang), an infamous assassin who has given up the sword. Zhao's plans change after Ying begins ruling with an increasingly brutal hand--and she starts to fall in love with Jing. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Li Gong
China
Best movies:
To Live (1994)
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Fengyi Zhang
China
Best movies:
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Red Cliff: Part II (2009)
Red Cliff (2008)
Zhou Sun
China
Best movies:
Mulan (2009)
Zhou Yu's Train (2002)
The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)
Kaige Chen
China
Best movies:
The Last Emperor (1987)
Together (2002)
The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)
Benshan Zhao
China
Best movies:
Getting Home (2007)
Happy Times (2000)
Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)
Xun Zhou
China
Best movies:
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Perhaps Love (2005)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002)
Xuejian Li
China
Best movies:
Happy Times (2000)
Under the Hawthorn Tree (2010)
Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)
Haifeng Ding
China
Best movies:
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002)
Breaking News (2004)
The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)
Zhiwen Wang
China
Best movies:
Battle of the Warriors (2006)
The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)
Wheat (2009)