Movies like The Emperor and the Assassin
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The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)
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Original name: 荊軻刺秦王
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: China, Japan, France
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
epic, serious, captivating, realistic, breathtaking, stylized, dramatic, meditative, cerebral, talky ...
Plot:
assassination, emperor, kingdom, betrayal, assassin, heroes, politics, love triangle, love and romance, ambition, fall in love, blind ambition, dishonesty, rise to the top, deadly, rivalry, state affairs, save the kingdom, sword fight, murder, spy, army, king, death, invasion ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
china, asia, spain
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