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Mandarin
The Emperor and the Assassin
1998
Kaige Chen
1998·R·China, 
France, 
Japan
China, France, JapanAward tierBronze
Metascore
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.
Cast
Gong Li·Fengyi Zhang·Zhou Sun·Xiaohe Lü
Producers
Yu Bai·Kaige Chen·Hiromitsu Furukawa·Sanping Han·Satoru Iseki
Languages
MandarinMajor Awards
1 win · 1 nomination
Wins (1)
Festival Grand Prize
Cannes Film Festival (1999)
Technical Grand Prize
Juhua Tu
Nominations (1)
Festival Grand Prize
Cannes Film Festival (1999)
Palme d'Or
Kaige Chen