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Jan 22, 2016 · It also has in eponymous heroine Nie Yinniang (the luminous Shu Qi) that familiar figure, a swordswoman with preternatural skills and uncanny grace. Yet what is most noticeable about the film is its stillness, the unhurried restraint between the flurries of action as Hou’s slow-moving camera calmly lingers over serene landscapes and candlelit interiors.
Loosely based on the short story “Nie Yinniang,” The Assassin is set in 9th Century rural China near the end of the Tang Dynasty where the Imperial Court and the adversarial Weibo province co-exist uneasily. Magnificently performed by the elegant and elusive Qi Shu (“Three Times”), Nie Yinniang has been trained by the nun Jiaxin (Fang-yi Sheu, “Touch of the Light”) to become a ...
- Hsiao-Hsien Hou
- Howard Schumann
- Chen Chang
Oct 15, 2015 · Nie Yinniang and Tian Ji’an have a complicated backstory, however: the two were once betrothed, but his subsequent wedding to another woman prompted his jilted fiancée to became a mistress of ...
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- Alonso Duralde
Jan 22, 2016 · Female killer Nie Yinniang is trained by a single nun, aka The Master — that’s right, one nun — and holds the fate of a vaguely dodgy Tang ruler and his principality in her hands.
Synopsis. 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 ...
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- Sil-Metropole Organisation
- Hou Hsiao-Hsien
The Assassin: Directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou. With Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Yun Zhou, Satoshi Tsumabuki. A female assassin receives a dangerous mission to kill a political leader in eighth-century China.
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Loosely based on the seventh-century tale of “Nie Yinniang” by Pei Xing, “The Assassin” is a 2015 Taiwan/Hong Kong/China co-produced wuxia film directed by Hou Hsiao Hsien. Given an impossible task, skilled assassin Shu Qi must decide whether to follow through with her ruthless orders or follow her heart instead.
