The Assassin (2015) Blu-ray Detailed
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Posted December 8, 2015 09:04 PM by Webmaster
Independent distributors Well Go USA have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of acclaimed director Hou Hsiao-hsien's latest film The Assassin (2015), starring Shu Qi, Chen Chang, and Satoshi Tsumabuki. The release will be available for purchase on January 26, 2016.
In addition to winning Best Director at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, The Assassin also won the Cannes Soundtrack Award for Composer Giong Lim and was nominated for the prestigious Palme d'Or. At the 2015 Golden Horse Film Festival, the film was nominated in 10 categories, taking home prizes for Best Director, Best Feature Film, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup & Costume Design and Best Sound Effects.
The Assassin is Taiwan's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.
Synopsis: In 9th-century China, Nie Yinniang is a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth as an exceptional assassin, with orders to kill her betrothed husband-to-be. She must confront her parents, her memories, and her long-repressed feelings in a choice to sacrifice the man she loves or break forever with the sacred way of the righteous assassins.
Special Features:
In addition to winning Best Director at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, The Assassin also won the Cannes Soundtrack Award for Composer Giong Lim and was nominated for the prestigious Palme d'Or. At the 2015 Golden Horse Film Festival, the film was nominated in 10 categories, taking home prizes for Best Director, Best Feature Film, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup & Costume Design and Best Sound Effects.
The Assassin is Taiwan's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.
Synopsis: In 9th-century China, Nie Yinniang is a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth as an exceptional assassin, with orders to kill her betrothed husband-to-be. She must confront her parents, her memories, and her long-repressed feelings in a choice to sacrifice the man she loves or break forever with the sacred way of the righteous assassins.
Special Features:
- Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes
- Nie Yinniang
- The Actors: No Rehearsals
- The Fights Between Masters
- A Time Machine to the Tang Dynasty
