Released:
1998-10-08

Overview:
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.

Director:
Chen Kaige

Runtime:
2h 42min

Genre:
History, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  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