The Assassin (2015)1h45
Action · Adventure · History
Director Hou Hsiao-hsien (6.7 avg)
Also directed Millennium Mambo, To Each His Own Cinema, A City of Sadness, and 19 more
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.
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Cast
Shu Qi
Chang Chen
Zhou Yun
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Ni Dahong
Yong Mei
Lei Zhenyu
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