The Assassin

Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Hou Hsaio-Hsien Hsiao-Hsien Hou

Overview

Set in 9th-century China during the Tang Dynasty, a general's daughter (Qi Shu) who had been abducted as a child and trained by a nun in the martial arts, returns to her birthplace after thirteen years to kill the governor (Chen Chang) to whom she was once slated to marry. But first, she must confront her parents and her long-simmering repressed feelings in her struggle to decide whether to kill her former love or betray her orders as a righteous assassin.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/26/2016
UPC:	0812491016718
Original Release:	2015
Rating:	NR
Source:	Well Go Usa
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:46:00
Sales rank:	59,786

Special Features

Behind the scenes; Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Chen Chang	Tian Ji'an, il governatore,Chiang Nu
Nikki Hsieh	Actor
Fang-Yi Sheu	Princess-Nun Jiaxin
Juan Ching-Tien	Actor
Satoshi Tsumabuki	Lucidaspecchi
Lei Zhen Yu	Actor
Fang Mei	Actor
Ni Dahong	Nie Feng
Jacques Picoux	Lady Tian's Teacher
Chun Shih	Actor
Mei Yong	Yinniang' Mother
Yun Zhou	Lady Tian
Dahong Ni	Provost Nie Feng
Shu Qi	Nie Yinniang
Ethan Ruan	Actor
Zhen Yu Lei	Tien Xing (Yinniang's Uncle)
Chang Chen	Actor
Giong Lim	Composer

Technical Credits

Hsiao-Hsien Hou

Tien-Wen Chu

Zhong Ah-Zheng

Hai Meng Hsieh

Cheng Ah

Hsiao-Hsien Hou	Director,Screenwriter
Tien-Wen Chu	Screenwriter
Zhong Ah-Zheng	Screenwriter
Hai Meng Hsieh	Screenwriter
Wen Ying Huang	Producer,Producer
Liao Ching-Song	Producer
Yi-Qi Chen	Executive Producer
Kuen Lin	Executive Producer
Peter Lam	Executive Producer
Tzu-Hsien Tung	Executive Producer
Tai-Chiang Gou	Executive Producer
Hou Hsiao-Hsien	Executive Producer
Duu Chih Tu	Sound/Sound Designer
Chu Shih Yi	Sound/Sound Designer
Wu Shu Yao	Sound/Sound Designer
Ardi Lee	Special Effects
Cheng Ah	Screenwriter
Tu Duu-chih	Sound/Sound Designer
Hou Hsaio-Hsien	Director