The Great Wall (1965)
In this Japanese historical epic, set 230 B.C. China, a tyrannical conqueror tries to bring all of China's warring tribes together. He marries a woman whose father he murdered. She later tries to exact revenge by killing him. Later, his enemies attempt to assassinate him, but they fail and kill his wife instead. The conqueror then builds the Great Wall of China which becomes his lifelong obsession. When a massive earthquake stops construction, the insane ruler sacrifices a man and his fiancee. This causes a major revolt amongst his subjects who finally succeed in getting him killed. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Shintaro Katsu, Fujiko Yamamoto, (more)
- Director(s):
- Shigeo Tanaka
Synopsis of The Great Wall
In this Japanese historical epic, set 230 B.C. China, a tyrannical conqueror tries to bring all of China's warring tribes together. He marries a woman whose father he murdered. She later tries to exact revenge by killing him. Later, his enemies attempt to assassinate him, but they fail and kill his wife instead. The conqueror then builds the Great Wall of China which becomes his lifelong obsession. When a massive earthquake stops construction, the insane ruler sacrifices a man and his fiancee. This causes a major revolt amongst his subjects who finally succeed in getting him killed. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Great Wall
- Shintaro Katsu - Emperor Shih Huang Ti
- Ken Utsui - Crown Prince Tan
- Ayako Wakao - Chiangnu
- Raizo Ichikawa - Ching Ko
- Machiko Kyo
- Eijiro Tono - Li Tang
- Junko Kano
- Fujiko Yamamoto - Princess Chu
- Hiroshi Kawaguchi - Hsi Liang
- Kojiro Hongo - Li Hei
- Kazuo Hasegawa
- Ganjiro Nakamura - Hsu Fu
- Isuzu Yamada - Dowager Empress
- Ken Mitsuda - Mencius
- Director(s):
- Shigeo Tanaka
- Writer(s):
- Fuji Yahiro
- Producer(s):
- Masaichi Nagata
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