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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.
A hauntingly conflicted performance drives this sweeping epic of ancient political betrayal and bloodsoaked ambition. Witness the slow erosion of loyalty as a concubine's desperate gamble transforms into a lethal instrument of statecraft.
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Chen Kaige
Cast
Gong Li, Zhang Fengyi, Li Xuejian, Wang Zhiwen, Sun Zhou, Chen Kaige, Pan Changjiang, Zhao Benshan, Ding Haifeng, Zhou Xun
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The Emperor and the Assassin
Rent on Apple TV+ or buy on Apple TV+.
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Director
Chen Kaige
Cast
Gong Li, Zhang Fengyi, Li Xuejian, Wang Zhiwen, Sun Zhou, Chen Kaige, Pan Changjiang, Zhao Benshan, Ding Haifeng, Zhou Xun
4 options ranked by value · 🇺🇸 United States
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