Title: The Assassin
Original Title: Nie yin niang
Year: 2015
Info
- Country: Taiwan
- Length: 105 Minutes (1 hour 45 min)
- Budget: €15,000,000
- Genre: Action Drama History
- Studios: Media Asia Films
- Distributor: Caramel Films
- Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: January 22 2016
- United States: October 16 2015
Plot
The ninth-century China is the timeframe in which 'The Assassin' is set, this drama that tells the story of Nie Yianniang, a young woman who returns home to her family after living most of her life in exile. Nie is a great warrior belonging to the so-called Order of Murderers. Her goal and the one for her order has always been to eliminate all the tyrants in control of China, something to which Nie has never shown any remorse. Everything was fine until her teacher orders the murder of her cousin Tian Ji'an, governor of Weibo. At that time the life of Nie, a warrior with unmatched skills and a mind full of feelings, changes drastically. Then she must choose between what her emotions seem to whisper and her duty as an assassin, which she will only fulfill by killing the man she loves in her heart and in real life. Compassion has no place in a film starring Shu Qi and Chang Chen, and directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien.
Awards
- 2016 BAFTA Awards: 1 0
Cast
Director:
Nie Yinniang
Tian Ji'an
The mirror polisher
Nie Feng
Nie Feng
Lady Tian
Xia Jing
Videos
'The Assassin' Official Trailer
December 17 2015
'The Assassin' subtitled trailer
November 12 2015
Photos
Trivia
Throughout the shooting, more than 500,000 feet of film was shot.
Director Hou told the New York Times in an interview published on 10/07/2015 that he would break the fight scene into smaller parts as the actors weren't skilled fighters. He would also let the actors start fighting when they chose rather than directing them to fight.
Hou Hsiao-hsien decided that he would make a period movie when he was old enough
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