The Assassin, 2015. Directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien. Starring Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Shao-Huai Chang and Yun Zhou. SYNOPSIS: An assassin accepts a dangerous mission to kill a political leader in seventh-century China. Almost immediately, as the first shots in stark black and white open on-screen, it’s not a stretch to say that The […]
The Assassin tops Sight & Sound’s 2015 movie poll
With less than five weeks to go to the end of the year, cinephiles have been furiously working on their ‘Best of 2015’ lists. Prestigious film magazine Sight & Sound has asked 168 critics around the world to submit their favourite picks to compile its own rankings. The result: The Assassin claims the top spot with […]
New poster and trailer for Hou Hsiao-hsien’s award-winning The Assassin
A new poster and trailer have debuted for The Assassin, the acclaimed Taiwanese film that won Hou Hsiao-hsien the Best Director prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival… 9th Century China: 10-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 […]