The Assassin (2015)

Directors:

Hsiao-hsien Hou

Writers:

Cheng Ah, T'ien-wen Chu, Hsiao-hsien Hou, Hsieh Hai-Meng

Actors:

Zhen Yu Lei, Mei Yong, Jacques Picoux, Fang Mei, Yun Zhou, Chun Shih

Synopsis:

A female assassin during the Tang Dynasty begins to question her loyalties when she falls in love with one of her targets.
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The Assassin (2015)

Saw this on enough top 10 lists to have a look. Rough one to get through. Beautiful and artistically skillful, but hard to ride the throughline of the plot, keep the characters straight, and stay with it during the painfully slow pace.
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January 8, 2016