1998 · 162 min · History, Drama
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.
Directed by Chen Kaige. Starring Gong Li, Zhang Fengyi, Li Xuejian, Wang Zhiwen and Sun Zhou.
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