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The Assassin (Chinese: 刺客聶隱娘) is a 2015 wuxia film co-written and directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. A Taiwan/China/Hong Kong co-production, the film is loosely based on the late eighth-century martial arts story "Nie Yinniang" by Pei Xing. It stars Shu Qi and Chang Chen.
A female assassin must choose between her duty and her love in 8th-century China. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, soundtracks and more for this BAFTA-nominated film.
- (18K)
- Action, Drama, History
- Hsiao-Hsien Hou
- 2015-08-27
Sep 25, 2015 · Watch the official trailer of The Assassin, a film about a female assassin who must choose between her love and her duty in 9th-century China. The film is directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien, a renowned Taiwanese auteur, and features stunning cinematography and action sequences.
- 3 min
- 2.7M
- Rotten Tomatoes Indie
Oct 16, 2015 · Set in ninth-century China during a time of unrest that would eventually lead to the decline of the Tand Dynasty, “The Assassin” tells the story of Nie Yinniang (Shu Qui), who was kidnapped by her family when she was only 10 by Jiaxin (Sheu Fang-yi), a nun who trained her to become a brutally efficient assassin specializing in ...
In ninth-century China, an exiled assassin (Shu Qi) must choose between love or duty when she receives orders to kill a man (Chang Chen) from her past. Watch The Assassin with a subscription on...
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- Shu Qi
- Hsiao-Hsien Hou
- Central Motion Pictures Corporation
A female assassin must choose between her love and her duty in 9th century China. IMDb provides the plot details, cast and crew, user reviews, trivia and more for this martial arts film.
May 21, 2015 · A ravishingly beautiful martial-arts epic from Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien, starring Shu Qi as a ninth-century assassin. The film blends stasis and kinesis, turns momentum into abstraction, and achieves breathtaking new heights of compositional elegance.
