The First Emperor

Name: The First Emperor
Director: Nic Young
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2006-02-16
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: James Pax, Hi Ching, Vincent Wong, Tony Tang, Tom Wu

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Directed by Nic Young

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.