Oct 31, 1996
116 min
Full-HD

The Emperor's Shadow (1996)

Epic drama about China's first emperor (221 BC) who struggles to make his childhood best friend, now China's greatest composer, succumb to his will and compose a grand anthem to his exploits.

Category

Drama

Country

China Hong Kong

Companies

Xi'an Film Studio

Ge You

Gao Jianli

Jiang Wen

Ying Zheng

Xu Qing

Princess Yueyang

Ge Zhijun

Zhao Gao

Wang Qingxiang

Li Si

Di Guoqiang

Wang Jian

Wang Ning

Wang Ben

Shu Yaoxuan

Xu Fu

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