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Rating: 8 stars

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China eighth century assassin political intrigue double cross

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The Assassin (2015)

Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien

Drama | History | Action

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Overview

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.

Rated NR | Length 105 minutes

Actors

Chang Chen | Shu Qi | Zhou Yun | Satoshi Tsumabuki | Ni Dahong | Yong Mei | Zhen Yu Lei | Nikki Hsieh | Ethan Juan | Sheu Fang-Yi | Jacques Picoux | Mei Fang | Tien Pi-Hua | Wang I-Yuan | Michael Chang Shao-Huai | Leon Dai | Jack Kao | Sun Pei | Tsang Chi-Liang | Chao Yang-Chiang | Liu Fu-Hsueh | Ting Yang-Shih | Mo Chung-Yuan | Tseng Han-Shou | Ho Hsin-Yi | Sung Ling-Sheng | Kuo-Chih Shu | Shiori Kutsuna | Shih Chun | Zhang Yimin | Li Chen-An | Jiang Yu | Xie Ruyin | Guo Baijun | Hsin-Yu Ling | Zhang Tingyi | Zhang Tingxuan | Ke Qiyou | Shen Menglong | Huang Jin | Yan Junlin | Wang Jiayu | Xu Wei | Zhou Tong | Cui Xiaodong | Miao Libiao | Bai Qilong | Li Defei | Lü Ming | Zhang Zhenhua | Tang Hsiang-Chu | Liu Cheng-Chuan | Liu Cheng-Hsun | Zhang Yikui | Liu Xinli | Liu Jiongliang | Liu Qingzhong | Lai Zheming | Wei-liu Wang | Li Yuming | Ye Yijun | Huang Sulian | Hong Yishan | Xu Huini | Song Yilian | Chen Yiya | Lin Qiaozhen | Ding Huachong | Sun Xianbo | 吳震亞 | Vicky Wei | Zhu Fengying | Wang Wenyan | Guo Wenzhu | Li Shujun | Zhou Huiping | Yan Yajuan | Chen Bingzhen | Jin Rongxuan | Chen Shengyuan | Chen Qianru | Zhang Lingling | Zhao Minru | Tang Tianrui | Chen Wangquan | Chen Zhijia | Huang Yueshun | Huang Jianrong | Zhang Yizhen | Ma Junren | Cheng Ya-Hsin | Qiu Yixing | Li Meng-Hsueh | Wang Hanzhe | Chen Yishan | Yang Jipo | Chen Yingchun | Aleksandar Stamatov | Zhan Shuhan | Xu Haojun | Chiu Tzu-Chi | Cheng Xinyi | Zou Yinglin | Qiu Yuxuan | Li Weilun

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Beautiful film with a dense (for Westerners like me) plot involving court intrigue that requires some knowledge of history. It definitely requires your attention.

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