The Emperor and the Assassin

Name: The Emperor and the Assassin
Director: Chen Kaige
Released: 1998
Duration: 162 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Gong Li, Fengyi Zhang, Zhou Sun, Xiaohe Lü, Zhiwen Wang

1998 · 162 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 6,557 VOTES · DIR. Chen Kaige

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,289 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:27 THE EMPEROR AND THE ASSASSIN

00:07:01 The princess calls me her uncle.

00:11:19 I will always be...

00:16:21 When we were hostages in Zhao...

00:20:52 The way it was before.

00:25:39 Then what?

00:31:14 Do I have a beautiful face?

00:36:07 Now I know that you are...

00:40:35 I am the Prince of Yan!

00:49:11 Get out, you scum!

00:56:43 Not anymore.

01:03:02 But she was blind.

01:08:54 Chapter III: The Children

01:15:53 Marquis!

01:25:34 were you not...

01:30:22 The King of Qin is not your son.

01:34:35 He who taught me how to be a king!

01:43:21 Present.

01:48:23 The Qin troops have surrounded the Zhao capital.

01:54:35 Children!Jump!

02:06:00 he's a ruthless killer.

02:15:21 I'm talking to you.

02:21:52 I'd like to go home.

400:00:00 at the Han Zhao border.

Cast & Characters

Gong Li Lady Zhao Fengyi Zhang Jing Ke the assassin Zhou Sun Dan, Prince of Yan Xiaohe Lü General Fan Yuqi Zhiwen Wang Marquis Changxin Kaige Chen Lu Buwei Prime Minister Yongfei Gu Queen Mother Benshan Zhao Gao Jianli Haifeng Ding Qin Wuyang Changjiang Pan Prison Official

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,289

Dialogue density8.0 lines / min

First line00:00:27

Final line400:00:00

Production Record

DirectorChen Kaige

LanguageChinese

IMDb votes6,557