TAIWAN · 2015
The Assassin
Taiwan New Wave
female assassin
martial arts
political corruption
family duty vs personal identity
9th century china
Synopsis
9th century China. Ten 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 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 promised – a cousin who now lea
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