The Assassin

Original title: 刺客聶隱娘

• 2015
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• 1h 45m
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• NR

• Action
• Adventure
• History

★ 6.4 TMDB Rating · 577 votes

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.

Director

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Release date

Aug 27, 2015

Original language

Chinese

Origin

Taiwan