The Emperor and the Assassin
荆轲刺秦王 (original)
From the acclaimed director of Farewell, My Concubine comes THE EMPEROR AND THE ASSASSIN a visually stunning epic, exploring the devastating price one country pays for peace and one man pays for power. Ying Zheng, the King of Qin, has one driving ambition: to unify China's seven kingdoms into one magnificent empire. Impressed by her lover's convictions, Lady Zhao (Gong Li) helps Ying Zheng concoct an assassination plot that would justify the conquest of Qin's most powerful enemy. When Ying Zheng's peaceful mission explodes into a brutal holocaust, a disillusioned Lady Zhao is forced to question her loyalty and her lover's destiny.
Starring Gong Li, Zhang Feng Yi, Li Xuejian, Zhiwen Wang, Sun Zhou, Chen Kaige, Pan Changjiang, Zhao Benshan, Ding Hai Feng, Zhou Xun
It's a history and drama movie, and has a rating of 7.2 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.
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Not found streaming from Denmark.
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