Movielogr
The Great Wall (1962)
Directed by Shigeo Tanaka
Overview
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.
Length 136 minutes
Actors
Shintarō Katsu | Fujiko Yamamoto | Ken Utsui | Hiroshi Kawaguchi | Ayako Wakao | Kojiro Hongo | Raizō Ichikawa | Isuzu Yamada | Eijirô Tôno | Gai Harada | Kazuo Hasegawa | Junko Kano | Machiko Kyō | Ken Mitsuda | Ganjirô Nakamura