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The Emperor and the Assassin is a chinois film of genre Drama directed by Chen Kaige with Gong Li
The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)
荊柯刺秦王 (Jīng Kē cì Qín wáng)
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Add to a movie listThe Emperor and the Assassin, 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 at the time, costing US$20 million.
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The film covers much of Ying Zheng's career, recalling his early experiences as a hostage and foreshadowing his dominance over China. It depicts him essentially as an idealist seeking to impose a peace or unity on the world despite various betrayals and losses. Its story consists in the main of three incidents: the attempt by Jing Ke to assassinate Ying Zheng in 227 BCE; the rumour of a Chief Minister's having sired the latter before transferring his concubine to become the Queen Dowager; and the (possibly fictitious) story of an official having sired children by the Queen Dowager herself. The first incident plays out only at the end of the film, but earlier scenes foreshadow it; the other two incidents occur between the fictional genesis and historical manifestation of the first.Actors
Gong Li
(Lady Zhao)
周迅 (Zhou Xun)
(Blind Girl)
Zhang Fengyi
(Jing Ke)
Chen Kaige
(Lu Buwei)
Sun Zhou
(Prince Yan Dan)
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