The Assassin

Title:

The Assassin

Native title:

刺客聶隱娘

Also known as:

The Hidden Heroine, The Assassing Nie Yinniang, Nie Yin Niang,
Ci Ke Nie Yin Niang, 刺客聂隐娘

Country:

Taiwan, China, Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin

Release date:

Aug 27, 2015

Duration:

1 hr. 45 min.

Director:

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Screenwriter:

Hou Hsiao-hsien, Chu T’ien-wen, Hsieh Hai-Meng, Ah Cheng

OST:

The Assassin OST

Production company:

Central Motion Pictures
China Dream Film Culture Industry
Media Asia Films
Sil-Metropole Organisation
SpotFilms
Zhejiang Huace Film & TV

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Descrption

The Assassin (刺客聶隱娘) is a 2015 wuxia film co-written and directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. A Taiwan/China/Hong Kong co-production, the film is loosely based on the late eighth-century martial arts story "Nie Yinniang" by Pei Xing. It stars Shu Qi and Chang Chen.

Cast

Shu Qi as Nie Yinniang

Chang Chen as Tian Ji'an

Zhou Yun as Lady Tian

Satoshi Tsumabuki as the mirror polisher

Ethan Juan as Xia Jing

Hsieh Hsin-Ying as Huji

Ni Dahong as Nie Feng

Yong Mei as Lady Nie Tian

Fang-Yi Sheu as Princess Jiacheng and her twin sister, Princess Jiaxin

Lei Zhenyu as Tian Xing

Jacques Picoux as Kong Kong

The assassin.

Cousin of Nie Yinniang, formerly betrothed to her, military governor.

Tian Ji'an's wife.

Tian Ji'an's bodyguard.

Tian Ji'an's concubine and a dancer.

Nie Yinniang's father and Tian Ji'an's provost.

Nie Yinniang's mother.

Awards

Australian Film Critics Association	Best International Film (Foreign Language)	The Assassin	Nominated
68th Cannes Film Festival	Best Director	Hou Hsiao-hsien	Won
	Cannes Soundtrack Award	Lim Giong	Won
52nd Golden Horse Film Awards	Best Feature Film	The Assassin	Won
	Best Director	Hou Hsiao-hsien	Won
	Best Leading Actress	Shu Qi	Nominated
	Best Cinematography	Mark Lee Ping Bing	Won
	Best Makeup & Costume Design	Hwarng Wern-Ying	Won
	Best Sound Effects	Tu Duu-Chih, Chu Shih-Yi, Wu Shu-Yao	Won
	Best Adapted Screenplay	Ah Cheng, Chu T’ien-wen, Hsieh Hai-Meng	Nominated
	Best Art Direction	Hwarng Wern-Ying	Nominated
	Best Action Choreography	Liu Mingzhe	Nominated
	Original Music Award for Best Film	Lim Giong	Nominated
	Best Film Editing	Liao Ching-Song	Nominated
20th Satellite Awards	Best Foreign Language Film	The Assassin	Nominated
	Best Costume Design	Wen-Ying Huang	Won
69th British Academy Film Awards	Best Film Not in the English Language	The Assassin	Nominated
27th Palms Springs International Film Festival	FIPRESCI Prize for Best Foreign Language Film	The Assassin	Won
10th Asian Film Awards	Best Film	The Assassin	Won
	Best Director	Hou Hsiao-hsien	Won
	Best Actress	Shu Qi	Won
	Best Supporting Actress	Zhou Yun	Won
	Best Cinematography	Mark Lee Ping Bing	Won
	Best Original Music	Lim Giong	Won
	Best Costume Design	Hwarng Wern-Ying	Nominated
	Best Production Design	Hwarng Wern-Ying	Won
	Best Sound	Chu Shih-yi, Tu Duu-chih, Wu Shu-yao	Won
9th Asia Pacific Screen Awards	Achievement in Cinematography	Mark Lee Ping Bing	Won

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