The Assassin
The wicked shall die.
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DVD Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 46 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 26, 2016
- Originally Released: 2016
- Label: Well Go USA
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Shu Qi, Chen Chang, Yun Zhou & Satoshi Tsumabuki | |
Directed by | Hsiao-hsien Hou | |
Composition by | Giong Lim | |
Director of Photography: | Mark Lee Ping-bing |
Entertainment Reviews:
The pictorial beauty of this scene is self-evident; it's in Hou's painstaking orchestration of each component part and the thematic weight imparted by their careful configuration that lends the film a steadily increasing romantic gravitas.
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Cinema Scope
Rating: 4/5 --
The director pays exhaustive attention to sound editing and mise-en-scène.
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Independent (UK)
You're not likely to see a better film this year.
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Nashville Scene
Much like Wong with The Grandmaster, Hou has made a martial arts film that is more of a personal statement than a genre piece, but his style suits the genre surprisingly well and certainly makes its mark in martial arts cinema.
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VCinema
Rating: 4/4 --
Shot in both vivid color and striking black and white, the film unfolds like a poem, a whispered plea for peace and a stoic reflection on human folly.
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The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)
Combining Hou's patient, observant style with a historical martial arts tale, the film is a fascinating hybrid of craft, genre and story.
Los Angeles Times
The Assassin" is a gorgeous film, artfully structured, that bares however, little semblance to the wuxia genre, apart from the era it takes place.
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Asian Movie Pulse
Product Description:
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.
Keywords:
Action
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Martial Arts
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Vengeance
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Assassination
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Period Piece
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Ninjas
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Friendships
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China
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Swords & Sorcery
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Training
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 124,066
- UPC: 812491016718
- Shipping Weight: 0.17/lbs (approx)
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