08 October 1998 Drama, History 162 mins
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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Gong Li as Lady Zhao
Zhang Fengyi as Jing Ke
Li Xuejian as Ying Zheng
Wang Zhiwen as Marquis Changxin
Sun Zhou as Prince Yan Dan
Chen Kaige as Lu Buwei
Pan Changjiang as Prison Official
Zhao Benshan as Gao Jianli
Ding Haifeng as Qin Wuyang
Zhou Xun as Blind Girl
Lü Xiaohe as General Fan Yuqi
Kong Qinsan as Liang Shi
Gu Yongfei as Queen Mother
Li Qiang as Han Shi
Li Hongtao as Li Si
Wang Qian-yuan as Zhao Shi
Xinxia Zhou Editor
Chen Kaige Director
Wang Peigong Writer
Chen Kaige Producer
Chen Kaige Writer
Tsuguhiko Kadokawa Executive Producer
Satoru Iseki Producer
Han Sanping Executive Producer
Zhao Fei Director of Photography
Qi Lin Production Design
Jiping Zhao Original Music Composer
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Australia 05 October 2000
China 08 October 1998
Germany 09 December 1999
United States 01 January 2000
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