The Great Wall (1962)
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.
Director: Shigeo Tanaka
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Shintarō Katsu as Emperor Qin Shi Huang |
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Fujiko Yamamoto as Princess Chu |
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Ken Utsui as Crown Prince Dan of Yan |
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Hiroshi Kawaguchi as Hsi Liang |
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Ayako Wakao as Meng Jiangnü |
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Kōjirō Hongō as Li Hei |
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Raizō Ichikawa as Ching Ko |
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Isuzu Yamada as Dowager Empress |
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Eijirō Tōno as Li Tang |
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Gen Harada as Soldier |
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Kazuo Hasegawa as Yu Yue |
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Junko Kano as Xiang Niang |
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Machiko Kyō as |
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Ken Mitsuda as Meng Jia |
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Ganjirō Nakamura II as Xu Fu |
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Seizaburō Kawazu as Lü Buwei |
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Fujio Harumoto as Li Si |
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Bontarō Miake as Meng Tian |
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Jun Osanai as Wu Guang |
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Jun Negami as Zhang Liang |
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Tsutomu Nakata as Chen Sheng |
| Editing | Tatsuji Nakashizu | Editor |
| Production | Masaichi Nagata | Producer |
| Directing | Shigeo Tanaka | Director |
| Writing | Fuji Yahiro | Writer |
| Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Michio Takahashi | Director of Photography |