The Emperor and the Assassin
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.
- Year: 1998
- Country: China, France, Japan
- Genre: History, Drama
- Studio: Hahn Shin Corporation, Le Studio Canal+
- Keyword: assassin, china, kingdom, occupying power, governance, concubine, warring states period, 3rd century bc
- Director: Chen Kaige
- Cast: Gong Li, Zhang Fengyi, Li Xuejian, Zhiwen Wang, Sun Zhou, Chen Kaige