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.
Lady Zhao
Gong Li
Jing Ke
Zhang Fengyi
Ying Zheng
Li Xuejian
Marquis Changxin
Wang Zhiwen
Prince Yan Dan
Sun Zhou
Lu Buwei
Chen Kaige
Prison Official
Pan Changjiang
Gao Jianli
Zhao Benshan
Qin Wuyang
Ding Haifeng
Blind Girl
Zhou Xun
General Fan Yuqi
Lü Xiaohe
Liang Shi
Kong Qinsan
Queen Mother
Gu Yongfei
Han Shi
Li Qiang
Li Si
Li Hongtao
Zhao Shi
Wang Qianyuan
Qin Yushou
Han Dong