The Emperor and the Assassin (1998) Reviews & Ratings

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The Emperor and the Assassin reviews

The Emperor and the Assassin holds a 6.9/10 average from 87 TMDB ratings.

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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