The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)
- Original title
- 荆轲刺秦王
- Directed by
- Chen Kaige
- Genre
- drama film, romance film, historical film
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 2h 42m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 87 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A king of Qin seeks to unify China by force, which leads his former lover a courtesan to plot his assassination. A warrior named Jing Ke is recruited for the attempt, driven by loyalty and personal loss.
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What happens
The Emperor and the Assassin (Chinese: 荊軻刺秦王; pinyin: Jīngkē cì qínwáng; lit. 'Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin'), also known as The First Emperor, is a 1998–1999 Chinese historical romance film based primarily on Jing Ke's assassination attempt on the King of Qin, as described in Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian. The film was directed by Chen Kaige and stars Gong Li, Zhang Fengyi, Li Xuejian, and Zhou Xun. The film was well received critically and won the Technical Prize at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. It was the most expensive Chinese film made up to that time, costing US$20 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Hong Niang (1998)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.