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Summary
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.
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- Directed by
- Zhou Xiaowen
- Written by
- Lu Wei
- Produced by
- Zhang Pimin, Jimmy Tan, Chen Kunning
- Music by
- Zhao Jiping
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Facts
October 31, 1996 · 1 h 56 min · Violence
- Released
- October 31, 1996
- Runtime
- 1 h 56 min
- Content
- Violence
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- Chinese
- Made in
- China, Hong Kong SAR China
- Available in
- 1 country