The Great Wall (1962 film)

This article is about the 1962 Japanese film. For the 2016 film, see The Great Wall (2016 film).

The Great Wall
秦・始皇帝
Directed byShigeo Tanaka
Written byFuji Yahiro
Produced byMasaichi Nagata
StarringShintaro Katsu
CinematographyMichio Takahashi
Edited byTatsuo Nakashizu
Music byAkira Ifukube
Production
company
Distributed byDaiei
Release date
  • November 1, 1962 (1962-11-01)
(Japan)
Running time
200 minutes (Japanese version)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The Great Wall (Japanese: 秦・始皇帝, Hepburn: Shin Shikōtei) is a 1962 Japanese historical epic film directed by Shigeo Tanaka and produced by Masaichi Nagata for Daiei. The film stars Shintaro Katsu as Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor to unify China.

The film became Daiei's second 70 mm production. The public premiere took place at Tokyo's Yuraku-za Theatre on November 1, 1962.

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