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The Assassin

Original title: 刺客聶隱娘

2015 · NR · 1h 45m

Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien

6.4

TMDB audience score
582 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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
    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

  • Tien Pi-Hua
    Tian Xing's Wife

  • Wang I-Yuan
    Tian Xing's Son

  • Michael Chang
    Jiang Shize

  • Leon Dai
    Tian Xu

  • Jack Kao
    Yuan Yi

  • Sun Pei
    Madam Yuan Yi