Voted Sight and Sound magazine's top film of 2015 and winner of the Best Director prize at Cannes, Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s stunning film follows a lethal assassin as she’s sent back to her homeland to kill the powerful governor of Weibo, a man to whom she was once betrothed.
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A female assassin receives a dangerous mission to kill a political leader in eighth-century China. With Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Yun Zhou, Satoshi Tsumabuki.
Directed by Hou Hsiao Hsien, the movie is an adaptation of a short story from the Tang dynasty that tells of how a young girl who was kidnapped and transformed into a lethal assassin. Two actors play the two main characters in each story.Keep up with all the biggest announcements and updates with IMDb's breaking news roundup of Comic-Con@Home 2020.Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Download The Assassin (2015) Torrent: In 8th century China, 10-year-old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is handed over to 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 betrothed – a cousin who now leads the largest independent military region in North China. The ethereally beautiful Vicky recalls her romances with Hao Hao and Jack in the neon-lit clubs of Taipei.A glimpse at the lives of two petty criminals in Taipei.Related lists from IMDb editorsA beautiful, historical film based upon the complex lives of four brothers.The story revolves around Yoko Inoue, a pregnant woman in search for a cafe that's frequented by a Taiwanese composer whose life she is researching.The semi-autobiographical film on director Hou Hsiao-Hsien's childhood and adolescence, when he was growing up in Taiwan, living through the deaths of his father, mother and grandmother.Three stories set in three times, 1911, 1966 and 2005.
A slave to the orders of her mistress, Nie Yinniang must choose: sacrifice the man she loves or break forever with the sacred way of the righteous assassins.
While on a mission she is highly taken by Liu Chang Yi, and decides to provide him with her loyalty.
In 8th century China, 10-year-old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is handed over to a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors.