The Assassin
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Address
Origin
China
Original name
Nie yin niang
Entry
CZK 90
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Length
107 min
Director
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Release
2015
Rating
61 %
Cast
Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoši Cumabuki, Ethan Ruan, Dahong Ni, Wen Jiang, Fan Xu, Yun Zhou
The film is set during the mighty Tang Dynasty-period in Chinese history. Nie Yinniang returns to family after several years in exile. The mission of her order is to eliminate the tyrany of the Governors who avoid the authority of the Emperor. Now she will have to choose between sacrificing the man she loves, or break definitively with the "order of the Assassins".