The Assassin 2015
刺客聶隱娘
DramaAction
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
T
Tien Pi-Hua
Tian Xing's Wife
W
Wang I-Yuan
Tian Xing's Son
S
Sun Pei
Madam Yuan Yi
Crew
- Director
- Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Writers
- Chu Tien-Wen, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Zhong A-Cheng, Hsieh Hai-Meng
- Producers
- Song Dai, Stephen Lam Bing-Kwan, Peter Lam Kin-Ngok, Chen Yiqi
- Executive Producers
- Hou Hsiao-hsien, Liao Ching-sung
- Cinematography
- Mark Lee Ping-Bing
- Editing
- Liao Ching-sung, Huang Chih-chia
- Composer
- Lim Giong
- Production Design
- Huang Wen-ying
- Costume Design
- Huang Wen-ying
Details
- Release date
- Aug 27, 2015
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $15,000,000
- Revenue
- $11,991,669
- Studios
- Sil-Metropole Organisation, Central Motion Picture Corporation, SpotFilms
- Country
- Hong Kong, Taiwan
- Language
- Mandarin
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