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The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)
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Original name: 荊軻刺秦王
Genre: Drama, History
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, captivating, serious, realistic, breathtaking, stylized, dramatic, meditative, cerebral, talky ...
Plot:
assassination, assassin, emperor, betrayal, blind ambition, kingdom, rise to the top, love triangle, ambition, deadly, love and romance, politics, fall in love, dishonesty, heroes, rivalry, state affairs, sword fight, save the kingdom, murder, royal court, blind girl, dead children, fortress, bowling ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
china, asia, spain
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86%
Genre: Drama, History
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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