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.
电影发行商华策影视周一宣布：由侯孝贤执导,并于五月在戛纳获得最佳导演奖的动作艺术片“刺客聂隐娘”，将于8月27日在大陆影院上映
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.
这部电影改编自以公元9世纪为时间背景的一部武侠(中国古代的功夫英雄)小说，而在该片中，著名演员舒淇将扮演一名手段高强的杀手。她将接受一个刺杀官府要员同时也是她童年青梅竹马玩伴的任务，依次为故事的发展线索。

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.
虽然侯孝贤是以批判台湾现实的方式来描述普通生活而被广大观众所熟知，但此次侯导也表示，“刺客聂隐娘”是他自从成为了武侠迷之后，长久以来梦想要拍摄的一部影片
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.
据侯孝贤表示，他的编剧团队为了这个剧本做了大量的调查工作，并且影片中的人物是在大量的研习唐代相关书籍后创作出来的