In The Assassin, martial arts movie starring Shu Qi, there's no flying, or blood – Hou Hsiao-hsien's take on wuxia has an air of realism to it

Hou Hsiao-hsien’s film stars Shu Qi as an assassin sent to kill a man she once loved, but it doesn’t play out like a traditional wuxia movie – there is no flying, nor any blood spilled.

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