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The Emperor and the Assassin
Summary: 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.
Runtime: 2 h 42 min
MPAA: R
Movie budget: $ 15,000,000
Domestic: $ 1,267,239
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