--- title: 'The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)' type: 'film' director: 'Chen Kaige' released: '1998-10-08' runtime_minutes: 162 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Romance' - 'History' countries: - 'People''s Republic of China' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-emperor-and-the-assassin-1998' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162866/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Emperor and the Assassin (1998) 1998 · 162 min · Drama, Romance, History · People's Republic of China Original title: Jing Ke ci Qin Wang ## Synopsis The Emperor and the Assassin, 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. ## Credits - **Director:** [Chen Kaige](https://cinepixo.com/people/chen-kaige) - **Screenplay:** [Chen Kaige](https://cinepixo.com/people/chen-kaige) - **Original Music Composer:** [Zhao Jiping](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhao-jiping) - **Producer:** [Han Sanping](https://cinepixo.com/people/han-sanping) - **Director of Photography:** [Zhao Fei](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhao-fei) ## Cast - [Zhou Xun](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhou-xun) - [Zhao Benshan](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhao-benshan) - [Li Xuejian](https://cinepixo.com/people/li-xuejian) - [Chen Kaige](https://cinepixo.com/people/chen-kaige) - [Gong Li](https://cinepixo.com/people/gong-li) - [Zhang Fengyi](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhang-fengyi) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-emperor-and-the-assassin-1998 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1361789); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.