ASSASSINS, THE (2012)

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• Release Year: 2012
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: IN THE YEAR 198 BC, Cao Cao (CHOW YUN FAT), Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, ventured to the east and defeated China’s greatest warrior Lu Bu, terrifying every ambitious warlord across the country. Several years later, after taking the Han Emperor under his wing, Cao crowns himself King of Wei. He built a magnificent Bronze Sparrow Island to symbolize his power and rumors spread that he would replace the Emperor.; ; Meanwhile, young lovers Mu Shun (TAMAKI HIROSHI) and Ling Ju (CRYSTAL LIU YI FEI) are taken from a prison camp to a hidden tomb, where they spend five cruel years together, training as assassins for a secret mission. In the year 220 BC, astronomical signs predict dramatic change. As a result, Cao’s son Cao Pi (QIU XIN ZHI) and Cao’s follwers urge Cao to become the new Emperor – but unknown and opposing forces plot against him.; ; Starring international film legend Chow Yun-Fat, and created by a team behind gripping action dramas such as HERO, HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS, CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER AND KILL BILL, THE ASSASSINS is gripping, lush historical epic that mixes tragic romance with taut political drama.;
• Cast: Chow Yun-Fat; Yifei Liu; Hiroshi Tamaki; Alec Su; Annie Shizuka Inoh; Lu Yao; Dahong Ni; Jeff Bao; Kar-Ying Law; Samuel Pang; Xinyuan Hu; Jieyi Liu; Qing Guo; Zhifang Zhou; Zhiliang Zhou; Hang Qi; Ben Niu; Cheng Chi; Hsin-chih Chiu; Rujun Wu; Yung Fu; Shengli Wang; Qiufang Zhang; Zhanwei Xu; Dong Zhang; Sha Bai; Gangte Mu'er; Xi Lai; Guanying Yan; Peifeng Xu; Bauguang Wang; Haiwang Zhang; Jinfei Guo; Song Jiang; Xuewen Zhang; Lele Li; Zonghuan Cheng; Quancheng Qu; Yuzheng Wang; Zuqing Wang; Junlong Fu; Zezong Wang; Hongqian Wang; Wei Zhou; Yanming Jiang; Keqing Jia; Jiaying Luo; Yuan Ma; Zimu Zhang; Yongchang Lang; Jian Ma; Wanyi Sun; Hongyu Liu; Wei Wei; Zhenlin Wu; Yuanyuan Song; Xiaolin Guo; Yan Song; Luyao Jin; Xue Ren; Ruixue Fu; Saisai Liu; Dongli Guo; Hongyun Wang; Wen Xie; Ziyan Li; Zheng Chou; Dabo Liu; Shaojie Liu; Shiju Zhang; Xingyun Li; Wenbao Hou; Zhiqiang He; Wei Zhang; Guoxin Song; Zhenqi Ma; Lu Zhang; Nan Zhao; Xinyi Zhang; Aiyu Chen; Tianyu Zhao; Feifei Pan; Mengting Wang; Junyong Yang; Xinyuan Liang; Min Li; Yufeng Hu; Guanhua Zhang; Ao Lu; Yifang Sun; Wenjun Zhang; Jiankang Du; Jialiang Zhu; Li Sun; Ni Cui; Shiming Chen; Ke Xiong; Fan Wang; Liye Yan; Xingxue Yan; Yanying Sun; Miaomiao Zhang; Ran Wang; Mengwen Cai; Ping Feng; Tongnan Shen; Fei Huang; Quanqi Fuyu; Haifeng Liu; Chaoyue Zhao; Zhaoyu Lu; Honghong Wang; Peng Zhou; Ce Liu; Xianpeng Zhang; Guopeng Ma; Shisi Zhu; Yuan Du; Yilong Zhang; Chen Shao; Jianpeng Qin; Tao Sun; Kun Geng; Jingzheng Sun; Xinmin Han; Yahan Sun; Jiulong Guo; Zhengliang Liu; Bingwang Li; Sheng Jin; Daiying Ling; Dali Ren; Sanlong Liu; Yang Li; Pu Zhao; Linshan Zhao; Bin Wang
• Director: Linshan Zhao
• Runtime: 1:43
• Company: Changchun Motion Picture Studio, Republic Dan Intelligence Film Co, Beijing Enlight Pictures, Guandong TV, Huaixa Film Distribution, LeVision Pictures, Well Go
• Media Format: Movie