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Title: The Assassin (2015)
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Qi Shu | ... | Nie Yinniang | |
| Chen Chang | ... | Tian Ji'an, governor of Weibo | |
| Yun Zhou | ... | Lady Tian | |
| Satoshi Tsumabuki | ... | The Mirror Polisher | |
| Dahong Ni | ... | Provost Nie Feng | |
| Mei Yong | ... | Yinniang' Mother | |
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Zhen Yu Lei | ... | Tien Xing (Yinniang's Uncle) |
| Nikki Hsieh | ... | Huji,Tian Ji'an's concubine (as Hsieh Hsin-ying) | |
| Ethan Juan | ... | Xia Jing, the aide-de-camp (as Juan Ching-Tian) | |
| Fang-yi Sheu | ... | Princess Jiacheng / Princess-Nun Jiaxin | |
| Jacques Picoux | ... | Lady Tian's Teacher | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Shao-Huai Chang | ... | Chiang Nu | |
| Ti-Ying Hsueh | |||
| Fang Mei | ... | Yinniang' Grandmother | |
| Chun Shih | |||
In 8th century China, 10-year-old general's daughter Nie Yinniang is handed over to 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 betrothed - a cousin who now leads the largest independent military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings. A slave to the orders of her mistress, Nie Yinniang must choose: sacrifice the man she loves or break forever with the sacred way of the righteous assassins. Written by Ipsith
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The images in The Assassin are like a massive coffee table book that you swear you'll open some day: Beautiful, lush, even overwhelming.
The pace doesn't suit a typical American audience, however. The action sequences are too infrequent, too much like ballet, too beautiful, and with too little blood, to satisfy the palates of my countrymen.
There are many quiet scenes--of vast landscapes, of sick old men, of beautiful women and children--that are almost as still as portraits but for the flutter of veils, drifts of smoke, and the sway of trees against a sky of wandering clouds.
A few of you will enjoy this film, appreciate its sensibilities and splendor. Too many, however, may leave the theater confused or lost as to what just transpired.