The Assassin (2015 film)

The Assassin (Chinese: 刺客聶隱娘) is a 2015 martial arts film directed by Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien. A Taiwan-China-Hong Kong co-production,^[2]^[4] it was selected to be screened in the main competition section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.^[5]^[6] At Cannes, Hou won the award for Best Director.^[7]^[8] It was released in China on 27 August 2015.^[9] It was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards


Chinese	刺客聶隱娘
Mandarin	Nièyǐnniáng
Directed by	Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Written by	Hou Hsiao-Hsien Chu Tien-wen Hsieh Hai-Meng Zhong Acheng
Starring	Shu Qi Chang Chen Zhou Yun Satoshi Tsumabuki
Music by	Lim Giong
Cinematography	Mark Lee Ping Bin
Edited by	Huang Chih-Chia
Distributed by	Well Go USA (North America) StudioCanal (United Kingdom)^[1]
Release dates	21 May 2015 (Cannes) 27 August 2015(China, Hong Kong) 28 August 2015 (Taiwan)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	China^[2] Hong Kong^[2] Taiwan^[2]
Budget	CN¥90 million (US$14.9 million)^[

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