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The Assassin

2015, Movie, 1h 45min

The last film to date by Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien is a wondrous take on the traditional wuxia film that earned him the Best Director prize at Cannes. The story is simple, if elusive: in ninth-century China, Nie Yinniang (Shu Qi) is a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in martial arts. After thirteen years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth as an exceptional assassin, with orders to kill her husband-to-be (Chang Chen). Now, she must confront her parents, her memories, and her long-repressed feelings and choose whether to sacrifice the man she loves or break forever with the sacred way of the righteous assassins. Rich with shimmering, breathing texture and punctuated by brief but unforgettable bursts of action, THE ASSASSIN is a martial-arts film like no other.

Country: Hong Kong,Taiwan,China

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Reviews

Critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Enigmatic and often mesmerizing, super-saturated with color, drawn like a still plain ripped by brief, unexpected gusts of wind—The Assassin is one of the most flat-out beautiful movies of the last decade...

Read full review at The A.V. Club

Critic Peter Sobczynski

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...a second viewing will probablybe in the cards as other aspects of the film are simple stunning to behold.

Read full review at Roger Ebert

Critic Mark Kermode

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...a visually sumptuous tale of love and honour, politics and social ritual...

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Kim Newman

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Qi Shu is a ferocious presence, calm yet lethal...

Read full review at Empire

Critic Violet Lucca

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...one of a kind cinematic experience.

Read full review at Little White Lies

Critic Mats Johnson

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...är för all del en martial arts-film i klassisk stil...

Read full review at Göteborgsposten

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In 9th century China, a 10-year-old girl named Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who trains her in martial arts and transforms her into an exceptional assassin. Nie Yinniang is tasked with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors, but when she fails in a mission, she is sent back to her birthplace to kill the man she was promised to marry - her cousin Tian Ji'an, who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, Nie Yinniang must confront her parents, her memories, and her long-repressed feelings while facing a difficult choice: sacrifice the man she loves or break forever with the sacred way of the righteous assassins.

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You can stream The Assassin on: Apple TV Rakuten TV Sky Store