The Great Wall

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

Cast: Shintarō Katsu, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ken Utsui, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Ayako Wakao, Kōjirō Hongō, Raizō Ichikawa, Isuzu Yamada

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.