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The Assassin
Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest… From TMDB
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The Assassin is a 2015 action adventure history film, directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien, starring Shu Qi, Chang Chen and Zhou Yun.
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60 of 72 · most liked firstWASTELANDS - a post first Spongebob Squarepants movie (2004) fan comic :-) i started posting this on cohost but i'll likely continue posting here. this will be the official thread! follows the story of Dennis the Assassin and Guppy, my self insert, plus a whole cast of ocs and new places
neutral · AI labelView post →Release Roundup, November 2026. | Name | Series | Date of Release | Platform | Genre | Country of Origin | | --------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | --------------- | ------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | | The Gilded Age | Season 4 |…
neutral · AI labelView post →Day 1 #BIFF2026 news sadly ties in with #BannedBooksWeek. Actor Lee Min-Ho's guest visit was canceled because angry activists made violent threats as part of their campaign to ban his latest movie The Assassin(s). It's about an investigation that doesn't make the conservative party look great.
neutral · AI labelView post →My Korean tutor is reading How Democracies Die; he’s smarter about history/govt than I am. I will be listening to audiobook as I crochet, as depressing as it might be. Last night we discussed the Assassin(s) movie and the dictatorship of Park Chung Hee. My Korean studies are getting deep!
neutral · AI labelView post →every day of 2026, I'll post an animated film. 2️⃣8️⃣3️⃣ MAD GOD (2021) dir. Phil Tippett In this stop-motion film, a figure called the Assassin travels through a nightmarish underworld. #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →New for subscribers only, fall festival reviews of films from Japan (Arrested Memory), Korea (The Assassin(s), and Hong Kong (We Are Born Good). www.thechinesecinema.com/tiff-2026/
neutral · AI labelView post →‘The Assassin(s)’ Review: A Riveting South Korean Popcorn Thriller About a Real Assassination #TIFF2026 variety.com/2026/film/ne...
neutral · AI labelView post →(His most recent, AFAIK, was ‘The Assassin’ 刺客聶隱娘, a very pretty screensaver of a movie that I fell asleep during. Main surviving impression is of an old guy who was presumably supposed to be a Sogdian, and who looked an awful lot like my former advisor.)
negative · AI labelView post →Drop a crush from your youth! 🖤 Bridget Fonda in Point of No Return (International title: The Assassin) I saw this at a very young age and became obsessed with it #FilmSky #MovieSky 🎥
neutral · AI labelView post →What is The Assassin(s) controversy about? The film, directed by #HurJinho, dramatizes the 1974 shooting of Yuk Young-soo, wife of then-president Park Chung-hee. The established account is that Korean-Japanese resident Mun Se-gwang attempted to assassinate Park but accidentally shot and killed Yuk.
neutral · AI labelView post →Of course just as the movie began I yelled out "It's the guy from the #Serenity! You know, #Firefly! The Assassin guy!" And throughout the movie added "and killed them with my katana" to the end of his sentences. #BrowncoatsUnite
neutral · AI labelView post →I Watched: The Assassin (2015) A contemplative art movie disguised as a wuxia martial arts flick. There are a couple action scenes, where director Hou Hsiao-Hsien demonstrates he is perfectly capable of doing them, but he is more interested in silence and stillness. So...keep that in mind. #Filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Comes after Dawn of the Assassin, but before Night of the Assassin, I think. letterboxd.com/film/day-of-... #movies #badmovies #rifftrax
neutral · AI labelView post →Have no worries, adventurers, the castle you see is in ruins and hasn't been used for centuries. You should instead head west and you shall find the capital of this kingdom named Asgal. Do not worry about directions as you shan't miss the castle in there. I do not have a city pass, alas, but you may head westward, find the Assassin's Guild beyond the city walls. They shall judge if thy plan is worth a backing, grant you a pass for the capital. (And I imagine the leader of that guild would…
neutral · AI labelView post →Interesting discussion (in English) of new Korean movie The Assassin(s) and the cultural divide and backlash resulting. I wonder what films will be made of this MAGA era in the decades to come. youtu.be/pB8FFecBP7Q?...
neutral · AI labelView post →I've my quibbles with the movie itself, but THE ASSASSIN is pretty stunningly filmed.
neutral · AI labelView post →”The Assassin Attempt 3” Now on social media everywhere! All the details you love with an American movie: Action, brilliant lighting and camera work, old fat men with younger botoxed women on their hands n knees, fake agents n soldiers running around without a goal! A must watch! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
neutral · AI labelView post →This week's #film watching intentions... The Assassin Rouge Rental Family No Other Choice Nobody 2 Resurrection Kokuho Blow the Night The Blood of Rebirth Hen Hope Young Master Yi Yi Street Fighter Satantango Ish Godzilla Minus Zero Possible Love #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →This week's #film watching intentions... The Assassin Rouge Rental Family No Other Choice Nobody 2 Resurrection Kokuho Blow the Night The Blood of Rebirth Hen Hope Young Master Yi Yi Street Fighter Satantango Goodfellas Ish Look Back Some days off...and busy...No Halloween?! #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →This week's #film watching intentions... The Assassin Rouge Rental Family No Other Choice Nobody 2 Resurrection Kokuho Blow the Night The Blood of Rebirth Hen Hope Young Master Yi Yi Street Fighter Satantango 100 Years of Japanese Cinema Goodfellas Ish Yeah right, mate! #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →This week's #film watching intentions... The Assassin Rouge Rental Family No Other Choice Nobody 2 Resurrection Kokuho Blow the Night The Blood of Rebirth Hen Majong Hope Young Master My Notes on Mars Possible Love Possible #LFF2026 fun? #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →Seoul police began protective measures for actor Yoo Hae-jin on Tuesday after protests outside his home and online threats over his role in "The Assassin(s)," a film accused by conservatives ciritcs of distorting history. www.koreaherald.com/article/1089...
neutral · AI labelView post →Conservatives’ attacks on ‘The Assassin(s)’ prompt box office resurgence english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
neutral · AI labelView post →This week's #film watching intentions... The Assassin Rouge Rental Family No Other Choice Nobody 2 Resurrection Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Kokuho Blow the Night The Blood of Rebirth Dear Summer Sister Hen Maborosi The depths. #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →Our TIFF coverage comes to a close as @mobilesuitzero.bsky.social checks out THE ASSASSIN(S), the new film from director Hur Jin-ho. Read their review at the link below 🔗⬇️ gatecrashers.fan/2026/09/23/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →Might I suggest the no budget movie we made in the before times thats on Tubi right now. "Pearl the Assassin".
neutral · AI labelView post →This week's #film watching intentions... The Assassin Rouge Rental Family No Other Choice Nobody 2 Resurrection Tora-san: Our Loveable Tramp Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Kokuho Visitor Q Blow the Night The Blood of Rebirth License to Live Dear Summer Sister Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →Six is just such a simple show (only 6 women and a band and minimal set), but the costumes, songs, and acting just really nail it. I thought it was better than Hadestown personally. I'm so torn on The Assassin because it was SO WELL DONE, but I think just not a movie for me.
neutral · AI labelView post →I love this movie. It’s called ‘The Assassin’ in the UK. I had no idea that it was originally named something in else in the USA
positive · AI labelView post →Just finished watching "The Emperor and the Assassin" and I gotta say: DAMN, that movie goes hard; so much blood, stabbing and death. It's certainly not for the faint of heart!
neutral · AI labelView post →5/15 - Planes, trains and automobiles...and moving castles. The Story of PuPu✅ Howl's Moving Castle✅ The Super Mario Galaxy Movie✅ Saipan✅ Kontroll✅ The Assassin Rouge Rental Family No Other Choice The Man Who Left His Will on Film Violent Cop Spirited Away Nobody 2 Resurrection Confetti #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →This week's #film watching intentions... The Assassin Rouge Rental Family Saipan No Other Choice The Man Who Left His Will on Film Violent Cop Spirited Away Nobody 2 Resurrection Kontrol Confetti The Story of PuPu Howl's Moving Castle The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Moving castles. #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →#TheAssassin is a typical killer for hire movie except the main character (Keeley Hawes) is a retired and menopausal woman. https://oldaintdead.com/the-assassin-keeley-hawes-is-handy-with-a-gun/
neutral · AI labelView post →1/11 + 1 - Hard at it. Diary of a Shinjuku Thief✅ Original Sin🆕 Red Beard❌ The Taste of Tea❌ The Assassin❌ Nobody 2❌ Rouge❌ Hara Kiri❌ Howl's Moving Castle❌ Amour❌ Oppenheimer❌ Santa Clause: The Movie❌ #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →This week's #film watching intentions... Red Beard The Taste of Tea The Assassin Nobody 2 Rouge Hara Kiri Howl's Moving Castle Amour Oppenheimer Santa Clause: The Movie Diary of a Shinjuku Thief Been back at work this week, hence behind and predict little movement. #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →6/17 - This won't last... Tokyo Pop✅ Scrooge✅ Back to the Future Part II✅ The SpongeBob Movie✅ Scrooged✅ Bento Harassment✅ Red Beard❌ The Taste of Tea❌ The Assassin❌ Nobody 2❌ Rouge❌ Hara Kiri❌ Howl's Moving Castle❌ Amour❌ Oppenheimer❌ Santa Clause: The Movie❌ Diary of a Shinjuku Thief❌ #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →This week's #film watching intentions... Red Beard The Taste of Tea The Assassin Nobody 2 Rouge Hara Kiri Howl's Moving Castle Amour Bento Harassment Scrooged Oppenheimer Santa Clause: The Movie Scrooge Back to the Future Part II The SpongeBob Movie Diary of a Shinjuku Thief Tokyo Pop Ah! #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →This week's #film watching intentions... Red Beard The Taste of Tea The Assassin Nobody 2 Rouge Hara Kiri Howl's Moving Castle Amour Bento Harassment Death by Hanging National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Scrooged Oppenheimer Santa Clause: The Movie Scrooge #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →3/12+1 - Important addition here. The Stairway to the Distant Past ✅ The Trap ✅ The Bothy on the Cold Mor ✅ Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie 🆕 Red Beard ❌ The Taste of Tea ❌ Father ❌ The Assassin ❌ Nobody 2 ❌ Code Unknown ❌ Trees Lounge ❌ Sex & Fury ❌ Megane ❌ #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching #TheAssassin is like watching the river flowing down in autumn sunset. You were watching an object reflected in golden sunlight just above the surface of the water all the way on the right corner of your eye, you were mesmerized by the sparkling, undulating water and before you realized that the object was flowing down the river all the way to the left corner of your eye and one hour and forty minutes have gone by. Hou is the kind of director who's more interested in steam rising from…
positive · AI labelView post →From #TIFF26: EoM Contributor @dubsreviews.bsky.social continues his TIFF coverage with an exploration of director Hur Jin-ho's crime thriller THE ASSASSIN(S). He calls it, "... one of the best spy thrillers of the year ... ." Find out why in his spoiler-free review.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hur Jin-ho Thanks Singapore Festival for Protecting Freedom of Expression as ‘The Assassin(s)’ Opens, SGIFF Chair Boo Junfeng Says: ‘We Refuse to Show Anything That Has Been Censored’ South Korean director Hur Jin-ho thanked the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) for defend… #media #news
neutral · AI labelView post →I also think he'd enjoy some of the aesthetics of the early film, particularly that of the Assassin
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) Sword of the Assassin (HD/HDX) (Vudu) (US) for $7.99 Cast: Huynh Dong, Midu, Van Trang» Genre: (Action) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blood_lett...
neutral · AI labelView post →[SCMP] Singapore film festival rejects South Korean party’s calls to drop The Assassin(s)
neutral · AI labelView post →Singapore Film Festival Stands by ‘The Assassin(s)’ After Korean Conservatives Demand It Be Dropped The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) is keeping Hur Jin-ho’s “The Assassin(s)” as its opening film, a day after all 109 lawmakers of South Korea’s conservative People Power… #media #news
neutral · AI labelView post →SGIFF stands by The Assassin(s) as festival opening film despite controversy and calls for withdrawal - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/sgiff-assassins-korean-film-controversy-6441311
neutral · AI labelView post →Korean Directors Rally Behind ‘The Assassin(s)’ as Political Firestorm Turns on Its Makers The Directors Guild of Korea (DGK) has come out in support of the team behind “The Assassin(s),” Hur Jin-ho’s thriller about the 1974 shooting of first lady Yuk Young-soo, as political anger ove… #media #news
neutral · AI labelView post →Korea Box Office: ‘The Assassin(s)’ Holds Admissions Lead as ‘Chiikawa’ Generates Top Weekend Gross Director Hur Jin-ho’s political crime thriller “The Assassin(s)” held the top position at the South Korean box office in admissions over the weekend of Oct. 2–4, though Japanese animate… #media #news
neutral · AI labelView post →This week's #film watching intentions... The Assassin Rouge Rental Family No Other Choice Nobody 2 Resurrection Kokuho Blow the Night The Blood of Rebirth Dear Summer Sister Hen Majong Hope Young Master The Match Fighting talk. #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →Box Office: “The Assassin(s)” Surpasses 2 Million Admissions in 11 Days Despite Controversy #lee-min-ho #park-hae-il #the-assassins #yoo-hae-jin
neutral · AI labelView post →“The Assassin(s)” Cancels Its Appearance at the Busan International Film Festival #hur-jin-ho #lee-min-ho #park-hae-il #the-assassins #yoo-hae-jin
neutral · AI labelView post →'The Assassin(s)' denies historical distortion claims as film drops to no. 2 at box office www.allkpop.com/article/2026...
neutral · AI labelView post →Korea Box Office: ‘The Assassin(s)’ and ‘Tazza 4’ Dominate Chuseok Holiday Weekend Surge Director Hur Jin-ho’s political crime thriller “The Assassin(s)” powered to the top of the South Korean box office over the weekend of Sep. 25–27, leading a major holiday box office surge across t… #media #news
neutral · AI labelView post →Lee Min-ho thriller The Assassin(s) wins Korea’s Chuseok, outselling a Tazza sequel and Nolan #HurJinHo #LeeMinHo #BoxOffice
neutral · AI labelView post →‘‘The Assassin(s)’’ Smashes One Million Admissions at the Korean Box Office #lee-min-ho #park-hae-il #the-assassins #yoo-hae-jin
neutral · AI labelView post →Aamir Khan to Receive Screen Icon Award as Singapore Film Festival Opens With Hur Jin-ho’s ‘The Assassin(s)’ The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) will present its Screen Icon Award to Indian actor, director and producer Aamir Khan at its 37th edition, with a 25th-annivers… #media #news
neutral · AI labelView post →SGIFF 2026 to open with Korean film The Assassin(s), with Bollywood star Aamir Khan among guests - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/sgiff-2026-aamir-khan-hirokazu-koreeda-films-guests-6409841
neutral · AI labelView post →This week's #film watching intentions... The Assassin Rouge Rental Family No Other Choice Nobody 2 Resurrection Tora-san: Our Loveable Tramp Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Kokuho Visitor Q Blow the Night The Blood of Rebirth Dear Summer Sister Hen Blue Heron Shaun the Sheep Again... #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →I hope Alpha Gang gets a wide release because it's one of the funniest movies I've seen in a while, extremely Gen X humor, a gem. The Assassin(s) by Hur Jin-ho of course was incredible, I haven't seen a bad movie by that director ever. The Man I Love was beautiful, if maybe the weakest of them
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