L' Imperatore e l'assassino
Paese d'origine: China France Japan
Versioni alternative: - First cut was deemed regime-critic by chinese censors and therefore rejected. Approximately 30 minutes were cut to make a more regime-friendly version.
Genere: Drama
Lingue: Mandarin
Plot: In the 3rd Century BC, Ying Zheng (Li Xuejian), heir to the Kingdom of Qin, seeks to dominate the remaining six Chinese kingdoms. Ying's strategy is to seem invincible. Ying sends his concubine Zhao (Gong Li) to the Han Kingdom as a spy, to enlist an assassin he can conquer. Zhao persuades Jing Ke (Fengyi Zhang), but falls in love.
Visti censura internazionale: Hong Kong:IIB New Zealand:R16 Switzerland:14 France:U Sweden:15 Switzerland:14 Germany:12 USA:R Singapore:PG UK:12
Date di uscita internazionali:
| Australia:5 October 2000 |
| France:17 January 2001 |
| Germany:9 December 1999 |
| Greece:19 January 2001 |
| Hungary:6 January 2000 |
| Italy:28 April 2000 |
| Malaysia:14 October 1999 |
| Netherlands:6 July 2000 |
| New Zealand:19 October 2000 |
| Sweden:17 December 1999 |
| Taiwan:9 October 1999 |
| USA:17 December 1999 | (limited) |
| Malaysia:8 October 1999 | (premiere) |
| Iceland:10 October 2000 | (Reykjavik Film Festival) |
| Canada:12 September 1999 | (Toronto Film Festival) |
| RAT:1.85 : 1 |
| DTS |
| France:160 |
| Germany:163 |
| UK:161 |
distribuzione cinematografica nazionale:
tobis filmkunst
pathé (fr)
sony pictures classics
produzione cinematografica: pricel shin corporation china film co-production corporation ndf new wave company beijing film studio le studio canal+
produttore cinematografico: kao shirley iseki satoru furukawa hiromitsu han sanping kadokawa tsuguhiko lee phillip (ii) yu bai zhang xia sunmin park
attore: gong li zhang fengyi sun zhou wang zhiwen lu xiaohe chen kaige gu yongfei zhao benshan pan changjiang ding haifeng zhou xun li xuejian
direttore della fotografia: zhao fei
scenografia: lin qi tu juhua
montaggio: zhou xinxia
compositori: zhao jiping
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: wang peigong chen kaige
costumi: xiaomin mo huang qiuping
effetti speciali ottici: centro film
troupe varia: liu jiacheng zhang jinzhan
produzione cinematografica: pricel shin corporation china film co-production corporation ndf new wave company beijing film studio le studio canal+
produttore cinematografico: kao shirley iseki satoru furukawa hiromitsu han sanping kadokawa tsuguhiko lee phillip (ii) yu bai zhang xia sunmin park
attore: gong li zhang fengyi sun zhou wang zhiwen lu xiaohe chen kaige gu yongfei zhao benshan pan changjiang ding haifeng zhou xun li xuejian
direttore della fotografia: zhao fei
scenografia: lin qi tu juhua
montaggio: zhou xinxia
compositori: zhao jiping
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: wang peigong chen kaige
costumi: xiaomin mo huang qiuping
effetti speciali ottici: centro film
troupe varia: liu jiacheng zhang jinzhan