THE ASSASSIN
Hsiao-Hsien Hou

O.V. Mandarin

At some point in the 9th century, the Tang Dynasty, which led China into a golden age, started to lose its grip under pressure from various rebellious provincial governors. The Empire sends Nie Yinniang, a ruthless martialarts expert and assassin, to kill the governor of Weibo Province, who is none other than her cousin, to whom she was briefly betrothed before political calculations forced him to marry another woman. Desire, treachery, martial arts — and Hou Hsiao-Hsien! Many movie lovers...