Nie Yinniang (Shu Qi) is an assassin trained by a nun to kill corrupt officials. Her mission is to assassinate her cousin and former betrothed, Tian Ji'an, the governor of Weibo.
In the pantheon of 21st-century cinema, few films have challenged the language of visual storytelling quite like . For audiences raised on the high-octane choreography of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon or the gritty revenge of Kill Bill , The Assassin arrives not with a clash of steel, but with the whisper of wind through bamboo.