Cannes First Look: Hou Hsiao-Hsien's Long-Awaited Martial Arts Epic 'The Assassin'

Hou Hsiao-Hsien's China-financed period epic "The Assassin" is finally ready after decades of stop-and-go development and production. His seventh Cannes Competition contender, "The Assassin" has been in the works since 2012 when the Taiwanese cinema figurehead, master of many a meditative long-take, began filming in Taiwan. A departure from his recent dramas including "La Belle Epoque," this martial arts epic shows Hou painting on a much bigger canvas -- and with a budget of around $15 million dollars. Starring Shu Qi, Chang Chen and Satoshi Tsumabuki, "The Assassin" is set in 9th-century, Tang Dynasty China, where the 10-year-old daughter of a...

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