The Assassin
刺客聶隱娘
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.
- Budget
- $15,000,000
- Revenue
- $11,991,669
- Production
- Sil-Metropole Organisation, Central Motion Picture Corporation, SpotFilms
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Cast
Shu Qi
Nie Yinniang
Chang Chen
Tian Ji'an
Zhou Yun
Lady Tian Yuan / Jingjinger
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Mirror Polisher
Ni Dahong
Nie Feng
Yong Mei
Lady Nie Tian
Lei Zhenyu
Tian Xing
Nikki Hsieh
Huji
Ethan Juan
Xia Jing
Sheu Fang-Yi
Princess Jiacheng / Taoist Nun
Jacques Picoux
Kongkonger
Mei Fang
Nie Feng's Mother
Michael Chang
Jiang Shize
Leon Dai
Tian Xu
Jack Kao
Yuan Yi
Shu Kuo-Chih
Secretary
Shioli Kutsuna
Mirror Polisher's Wife
Shih Chun
Old Herb Picker
Hannah Ring
Yuan Yi's Daughter
Wu Jen-ya
Camp Follower
Crew
- Director
- Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Cinematography
- Mark Lee Ping-Bing
- Composer
- Lim Giong
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User Reviews from TMDB
Reno
June 14, 2016
> The truth determines our actions. I found this film when it was listed in the BBC news' top 20 films of the 2015. This film topped the chart, then how can I just ignore which is my prime world news feed. The fun part was I saw a South Korean film called 'Assassination' believed to be this, but very I soon realised the mistake. Anyhow, I loved the Korean film that I reviewed a couple of moths ago on this same blog. Finally, I managed to see this Mandarin film, but it was not anything like…