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The Assassin

6.4 105 mins Drama   Action   History   2015
Sil-Metropole Organisation   Media Asia Films   Central Motion Picture Corporation   Huace Film & TV   China Dream Film Culture Industry   SpotFilms   Wild Bunch  
Director(s): Hou Hsiao-hsien

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.

Casts of The Assassin

Shu Qi

as Nie Yinniang

Chang Chen

as Tian Ji'an

Nikki Hsieh

as Concubine Huji

Sheu Fang-Yi

as Jiaxin

Ethan Juan

as Xia Jing

Xu Fan

as The Nun

Zuo Xiaoqing

as Taoist Nun

Satoshi Tsumabuki

as The Mirror Polisher

Ni Dahong

as Nie Feng

Shih Chun

as Old Herb Picker

Zhou Yun

as Lord Tian Ji'an's Wife

Mei Fang

as Nie Feng's Mother

Jacques Picoux

as Lady Tian's Teacher

Yong Mei

as Yinniang's Mother

Lei Zhenyu

as Tien Xing

Shao-Huai Chang

as Chiang Nu

Leon Dai Li-Jen

as Tian Xu

Jack Kao

as Yuan Yi

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