Documentary ·History · United Kingdom · 2006 · 1h 50m

The First Emperor

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Director
Nic Young
Cast
James Pax as Emperor Richard Ng Yiu-Hon as Chief Minister Samuel West as Himself - Narrator Hi Ching as Li Ssu
Crew
Nic Young — Writer
Synopsis

Docu-drama profiling Ying Sheng, the first Emperor of China. Charting the life of the man who unified China, this documentary begins with the future Emperor's rise to power after the death of his father, becoming King of Qin at the age of thirteen. Mostly told through the use of re-enactments, the story continues to the present day and the discovery of the Emperor's tomb and terracotta army in 1974.

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Mood & Themes
chinese emperorreenactmentterracotta army
Key Collaborators
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