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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 eight-century martial arts story "Nie Yinniang" by Pei Xing. It stars Shu Qi and Chang Chen.
Aug 27, 2015 · The Assassin: Directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou. With Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Yun Zhou, Satoshi Tsumabuki. A female assassin receives a dangerous mission to kill a political leader in eighth-century China.
- (18K)
- Action, Drama, History
- Hsiao-Hsien Hou
- 2015-08-27
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 killing corrupt ...
Sep 25, 2015 · THE ASSASSIN: Watch Now On Digital, Blu-ray, and DVD | Declared a modern masterpiece by critics around the world, Master Director Hou Hsiao-hsien's THE ASSASSIN stars Shu Qi as an acolyte of...
- 3 min
- 438.9K
- Well Go USA Entertainment
Oct 16, 2015 · 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. Content collapsed. Read More. Where to...
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- Shu Qi
- Hsiao-Hsien Hou
- Central Motion Pictures Corporation
Oct 16, 2015 · After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth as an exceptional assassin, with orders to kill her betrothed husband-to-be. She must confront her parents, her memories, and her long-repressed feelings in a choice to sacrifice the man she loves or break forever with the sacred way of the righteous assassins.
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Oct 15, 2015 · “The Assassin” takes place in ninth-century China, and concerns the consequences of a provincial rebellion against imperial authority. But the history being explored is less political than ...
