The Emperor and the Assassin
Oct 08, 1998 | IMDB 7
162 min Watch NowHistory, 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.
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