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The assassin is loosely based on the late ninthcentury martial arts story nie yinniang by pei xing, a core text in chinese swordsmanship and wuxia fiction the film is set in ninthcentury china during last years of the tang dynasty. With ryoma baba, yuki kubota, sayuri iwata, hiroshi watari. However, this eerie restaging of macbeth in 16thcentury japan is worth singling. Yasuomi ota, tomotaka misawa, tadashi iwabuchi cinematographer. American assassin 2017 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. American assassin hits a few easy targets, but without enough style or wit to truly bring its characters to life or stand out in a crowded field of more compelling spy thrillers. It is a movie that creates a dynamic relationship on screen. Akira kurosawa, the eternal grand master of japanese film, dominates this list. He spent days as a heartless assassin, but his life starting changes after he helps rio. Samurai assassin is a 1965 japanese movie directed by kihachi okamoto and starring toshiro mifune, koshiro matsumoto, yunosuke ito, and michiyo aratama.
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