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The Assassin
2015
· Movie
· 105 min
C
MEANRANK
65/100
Every rating
48–82
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 48, highest is Metacritic critics on 82. Critics average 81, everyone else 61.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A trained female assassin during the Tang Dynasty is sent on a mission to kill a powerful regional governor who is also her childhood cousin, to whom she was once betrothed. Her assignment forces her to choose between the orders of her master and the feelings she still holds for her target.
Details
- Director
- Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Writers
- Chu Tien-Wen, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Hsieh Hai-Meng, Zhong A-Cheng
- Released
- 27 August 2015
- Country
- Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, France
- Language
- Chinese
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $15.0M
- Box office
- $12.0M
- Awards
- 18 wins, 10 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 28 →2 major awards won · 18 wins from 28 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| 68th Cannes Film Festival 2015 | Cannes Soundtrack Award | Lim Giong | Winner |
| 68th Cannes Film Festival 2015 | Best Director | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Winner |
| 10th Asian Film Awards 2015 | Best sound | Chu Shih-yi, Tu Duu-chih, Wu Shu-yao | Winner |
| 10th Asian Film Awards 2015 | Best Film | The Assassin | Winner |
| 10th Asian Film Awards 2015 | Best Director | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Winner |
| 10th Asian Film Awards 2015 | Best actress | Shu Qi | Winner |
| 10th Asian Film Awards 2015 | Best supporting actress | Zhou Yun | Winner |
| 10th Asian Film Awards 2015 | Best cinematography | Mark Lee Ping-bing | Winner |
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68th Cannes Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Winner |
| Cannes Soundtrack Award | Lim Giong | Winner |
10th Asian Film Awards
9 nominations, 8 won
| Best Director | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Winner |
| Best Film | The Assassin | Winner |
| Best actress | Shu Qi | Winner |
| Best cinematography | Mark Lee Ping-bing | Winner |
| Best original music | Lim Giong | Winner |
| Best production design | Hwarng Wern-ying | Winner |
| Best sound | Chu Shih-yi, Tu Duu-chih, Wu Shu-yao | Winner |
| Best supporting actress | Zhou Yun | Winner |
| Best costume design | Hwarng Wern-ying | Nominee |
2015 Golden Horse Film Awards
11 nominations, 5 won
| Best Cinematography | Mark Lee Ping Bing | Winner |
| Best Director | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Winner |
| Best Feature Film | The Assassin | Winner |
| Best Makeup & Costume Design | Hwarng Wern-Ying | Winner |
| Best Sound Effects | Tu Duu-Chih, Chu Shih-Yi, Wu Shu-Yao | Winner |
| Best Action Choreography | Liu Mingzhe | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Ah Cheng, Chu T’ien-wen, Hsieh Hai-Meng | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Hwarng Wern-Ying | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Liao Ching-sung | Nominee |
| Best Leading Actress | Shu Qi | Nominee |
| Original Music Award for Best Film | Lim Giong | Nominee |
20th Satellite Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Costume Design | Wen-Ying Huang | Winner |
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Assassin | Nominee |
27th Palms Springs International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| FIPRESCI Prize for Best Foreign Language Film | The Assassin | Winner |
9th Asia Pacific Screen Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Achievement in Cinematography | Mark Lee Ping-bing | Winner |
69th British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Film Not in the English Language | The Assassin | Nominee |
Australian Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best International Film (Foreign Language) | The Assassin | Nominee |