The Assassin
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- Runtime
- 105 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Chang Chen
- Shu Qi
- Zhou Yun
- Satoshi Tsumabuki
- Ni Dahong
- Yong Mei
- Lei Zhenyu
- Nikki Hsieh
- Ethan Juan
- Sheu Fang-Yi
- Jacques Picoux
- Mei Fang
- Tien Pi-Hua
- Wang I-Yuan
- Michael Chang
- 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
- Shu Kuo-Chih
- Shioli Kutsuna
- Shih Chun
- Zhang Yimin
- Li Chen-An
- Jiang Yu
- Xie Ruyin
- Guo Baijun
- Hannah Ring
- 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
- Wang Wei-Liu
- Li Yuming
- Ye Yijun
- Huang Sulian
- Hong Yishan
- Xu Huini
- Song Yilian
- Chen Yiya
- Lin Qiaozhen
- Ding Huachong
- Sun Xianbo
- Wu Jen-Ya
- 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
Director
- Hou Hsiao-hsien
Producers
- Song Dai
- Stephen Lam Bing-Kwan
- Chen Yiqi
- Peter Lam Kin-Ngok
Screenwriter
- Chu Tien-Wen
- Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Hsieh Hai-Meng
- Zhong A-Cheng
