The Assassin (1993) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1993 · 78 mins · Cantonese

Directed by

Billy Chung Siu-Hung

Starring

Ni Dahong, Zhao Jun, Zhang Fengyi, Max Mok Siu-Chung, Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lam, Zhang Guangbei

After a forbidden love pushes him from the fields, the farmer turns to mercenary work, eventually serving a local warlord as a professional assassin. When he encounters his former lover years later, he is forced to confront the brutality of his past and reflect on the bloodshed he has wrought.