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The Assassin (2015) [NR]

Release Date:
August 27, 2015

Original Title:
刺客聶隱娘

Alternate Titles:
Cìkè Niè Yǐnniáng
Nie Yin Niang
The Assassin
The Assassin Lady Nie
The assassin
המחסלת
자객 섭은낭

Genres:
Action | Drama | History

Production Companies:
Central Motion Picture Corporation
China Dream Film Culture Industry
Huace Film & TV
Media Asia Films
Sil-Metropole Organisation
SpotFilms
Wild Bunch

Production Countries:
China | France | Hong Kong | Taiwan

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: PG  BE: 12  BR: 12  CA: PG  CH: 16  DE: 12  DK: 15  ES: 7  FR: TP  GB: 12A  IE: 12  IT: T  JP: G  KR: 12  NO: 12  SE: 11|15  US: NR 

Runtime: 105

Overview from TheMovieDB

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 orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.

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Choreographer:
Stephen Tung

Cinematography:
Yao Hung-I

Co-Producer:
Stephen Shin Kei-Yin
Ren Yue

Costume Design:
Huang Wen-Ying

Director:
Hou Hsiao-hsien

Director of Photography:
Mark Lee Ping-Bing

Editor:
Liao Ching-Sung
Huang Chih-Chia

Executive Producer:
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Liao Ching-Sung

Original Music Composer:
Lim Giong

Presenter:
Yifang Zhao

Producer:
Song Dai
Stephen Lam Bing-Kwan
Peter Lam Kin-Ngok
Chen Yiqi

Production Design:
Huang Wen-Ying

Screenplay:
Chu Tien-wen
Hou Hsiao-hsien
A Cheng
Hsieh Hai-Meng

Sound Editor:
Tu Duu-Chih

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Wu Shu-Yao
Tu Duu-Chih

Special Effects:
Ardi Lee

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