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The Assassin
9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.
2015 · Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien · 105 min · Action · Adventure · History · 31 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Chu Tien-Wen, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Hsieh Hai-Meng, Zhong A-Cheng
- Cinematography: Mark Lee Ping-Bing
- Edited by: Liao Ching-sung, Huang Chih-chia
- Music: Lim Giong
- Production design: Huang Wen-ying
- Produced by: Song Dai, Stephen Lam Bing-Kwan, Chen Yiqi, Peter Lam Kin-Ngok
Cast
- Shu Qi as Nie Yinniang
- Chang Chen as Tian Ji'an
- Zhou Yun as Lady Tian Yuan / Jingjinger
- Satoshi Tsumabuki as Mirror Polisher
- Ni Dahong as Nie Feng
- Yong Mei as Lady Nie Tian
- Lei Zhenyu as Tian Xing
- Nikki Hsieh as Huji
- Ethan Juan as Xia Jing
- Sheu Fang-Yi as Princess Jiacheng / Taoist Nun
Production
- Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, France
- Language: Mandarin
- Studios: Sil-Metropole Organisation, Central Motion Picture Corporation, SpotFilms, Media Asia Films
- Budget: $15,000,000
- Box office: $11,991,669
- Themes: martial arts, assassin, tang dynasty, wuxia, slow cinema, 7th century
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