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Watching: Li Lianying, the Imperial Eunuch

6.3•1991-04-12•103 min

Overview

Set against the backdrop of the Boxer Rebellion and the takeover of the Forbidden City by foreign powers, the empress-dowager Cixi and her notorious chief eunuch fight a losing battle to preserve their corrupt and autocratic regime.