The Assassin
MovieTitle | 刺客聶隱娘 |
User score | 6.4 |
Release date | Aug 27, 2015 |
Genre | Drama, Action, History |
Director | Hou Hsiao-hsien |
Production country | China, France, Hong Kong, Taiwan |
Production companies | Sil-Metropole Organisation, Media Asia, Central Motion Picture Corporation, Huace Film & TV, China Dream Film Culture Industry, SpotFilms, Wild Bunch |
Budget | $15,000,000 |
Revenue | $11,991,669 |
Run time | 105 min. |
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.