刺客聶隱娘將於八月底在大陸上映

Martial arts arthouse epic "The Assassin," for which Taiwanese auteur Hou Hsiao-Hsien won Best Director at Cannes in May, will open in mainland theaters on Aug. 27, the film's distributor Huace Film & TV announced on Monday.

電影發行商華策影視週一宣佈：由侯孝賢執導,並於五月在戛納獲得最佳導演獎的動作藝術片“刺客聶隱娘”，將於8月27日在大陸影院上映

The film, based on a short wuxia (martial arts heroes in ancient China) story taking place in the ninth century, follows a skilled assassin played by Shu Qi, who is tasked with killing a key political figure who turns out to be her childhood love.

這部電影改編自以公元9世紀爲時間背景的一部武俠(中國古代的功夫英雄)小說，而在該片中，著名演員舒淇將扮演一名手段高強的殺手。她將接受一個刺殺官府要員同時也是她童年青梅竹馬玩伴的任務，依次爲故事的發展線索。

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Though widely known for his poignant social-realist depictions of ordinary lives in the turbulent contemporary history of Taiwan, Hou claimed that "The Assassin" resembled a genre he had long dreamed of tapping since he was a wuxia novel-addicted boy.

雖然侯孝賢是以批判臺灣現實的方式來描述普通生活而被廣大觀衆所熟知，但此次侯導也表示，“刺客聶隱娘”是他自從成爲了武俠迷之後，長久以來夢想要拍攝的一部影片

According to Hou, his screenwriting team did plenty of field work to hone the script, and characters in the film are crafted based on meticulous research in books from the Tang Dynasty.

據侯孝賢表示，他的編劇團隊爲了這個劇本做了大量的調查工作，並且影片中的人物是在大量的研習唐代相關書籍後創作出來的