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The Emperor and the Assassin

October 8, 19982h 42m
HistoryDrama

69%

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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.

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