Original title: Nie yin niang
Nationality: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, France, 2015
Production: Central Motion Pictures, China Dream Film Culture Industry, Media Asia Films
Director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Script: Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Chu Tien-Wen, A. Cheng
Cinematography: Mark Lee
Music: Giong Lim
Editing: Chih-Chia Huang, Ching-Song Liao
Cast: Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Ethan Ruan, Nikki Hsieh, Ni Dahong, Zhang Shijun, Michael Chang
Runtime: 120 minutes
VOSE
The film is set during the mighty Tang Dynasty-period in Chinese history. Nie Yinniang returns to family after several years in exile. The mission of her order is to eliminate the tyrany of the Governors who avoid the authority of the Emperor. Now she will have to choose between sacrificing the man she loves, or break definitively with the “order of the Assassins”.
