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.
Unfortunately the movie The Emperor and the Assassin is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Editing | Xinxia Zhou | Editor |
| Directing | Chen Kaige | Director |
| Writing | Chen Kaige | Writer |
| Production | Satoru Iseki | Producer |
| Production | Tsuguhiko Kadokawa | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Wang Peigong | Writer |
| Production | Chen Kaige | Producer |
| Production | Han Sanping | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Zhao Fei | Director of Photography |
| Art | Qi Lin | Production Design |
| Sound | Zhao Jiping | Original Music Composer |
