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The Great Wall

The Great Wall

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 1, 1962

Runtime

2h 16m

Genres

Drama, History

User Score

60%

Original Title

秦・始皇帝

Production Companies

Daiei Film

Director

Shigeo Tanaka

Description

In 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his serious faults are showed in this film. Qin adopted autocratic dictatorship and led a luxurious life: abolition of feudalism and the centralization of power in the form of a now-hereditary bureaucracy loyal to himself; burning books and burying scholars; the construction of a sumptuous palace for his concubines and also the Great Wall.