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* TheJimmyHartVersion: During a romantic scene between Nie-zheng and Xia-ying near a waterfall, a few notes from John Barry's ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' score can be heard in the background.
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* MadeOfIron: Nie-zheng in the finale; after killing a hundred Imperial soldiers, sustaining multiple injuries in the process (see the above screenshot) and skewered by several arrowsa while attempting to escape, he still continually battles for several minutes, killing as many as he can. [[spoiler: He finally dies, through a self-inflicted injury]].
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* MadeOfIron: Nie-zheng in the finale; after killing a hundred Imperial soldiers, sustaining multiple injuries in the process (see the above screenshot) and skewered by several arrowsa arrows while attempting to escape, he still continually battles for several minutes, killing as many as he can. [[spoiler: He finally dies, through a self-inflicted injury]].injury, and what a DyingMomentOfAwesome that is]]...
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* BetterDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: After killing the Emperor and finding himself surrounded by scores and scores of Imperial guards, intending to capture him alive and interrogate him to uncover the LaResistance leaders' hideout, Nie-zheng instead opts to commit {{Seppuku}}. He managed to kill a dozen more guards before he finally expires to his own self-inflicted injury]].
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* BetterDieThanBeKilled: BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: After killing the Emperor and finding himself surrounded by scores and scores of Imperial guards, intending to capture him alive and interrogate him to uncover the LaResistance leaders' hideout, Nie-zheng instead opts to commit {{Seppuku}}. He managed to kill a dozen more guards before he finally expires to his own self-inflicted injury]].
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* OneManArmy: Nie-zheng in the assasination scene. His first kill is [[spoiler: the Han Emperor]], and after that around a hundred soldiers that tries to arrest him. [[spoiler: While he eventually dies, he took most of the Imperial army with him to the death]].
* SuicideMission: [[spoiler: Nie-zheng is well aware that the mission to assasinate the Han Emperor is a one-way trip, considering even if he managed to kill his target, he'll be swarmed by hundreds and hundreds of guards in the palace. Nevertheless he chose this mission for the better good, and ends up dying valiantly by the end of the day]].
* SuicideMission: [[spoiler: Nie-zheng is well aware that the mission to assasinate the Han Emperor is a one-way trip, considering even if he managed to kill his target, he'll be swarmed by hundreds and hundreds of guards in the palace. Nevertheless he chose this mission for the better good, and ends up dying valiantly by the end of the day]].
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* OneManArmy: Nie-zheng in the assasination assassination scene. His first kill is [[spoiler: the Han Emperor]], and after that around a hundred soldiers that tries to arrest him. [[spoiler: While he eventually dies, he took most of the Imperial army with him to the death]].
* SuicideMission: [[spoiler: Nie-zheng is well aware that the mission toassasinate assassinate the Han Emperor is a one-way trip, considering even if he managed to kill his target, he'll be swarmed by hundreds and hundreds of guards in the palace. Nevertheless he chose this mission for the better good, and ends up dying valiantly by the end of the day]].
* SuicideMission: [[spoiler: Nie-zheng is well aware that the mission to
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[[caption-width-right:350:"So, [[BadassBoast who's next to taste my cold unforgiving blade]]?"]]
''The Assassin'' is a 1967 martial arts epic from Creator/ShawBrothers, starring Creator/JimmyWangYu, Lisa Chiao, Tien Feng and directed by Chang Cheh, who in the very same year collaborated with Wang Yu and Lisa Chiao in ''Film/OneArmedSwordsman''.
A historical epic set in the twilight of the Ming Dynasty, Wang-yu plays Nie-zheng, a rebel leader and former warrior betrayed by a rival, where he ends up renouncing his past as a killer to live the rest of his life with his lover, Xia-ying. But when the past catches up with him, Nie-zheng - despite Xia-ying's pleas - decides to rejoin his former rebel legion to assassinate the Han Emperor and put an end to an age of tyranny, despite knowing he very well wouldn't live to see the aftermath of his success.
If ''Film/OneArmedSwordsman'' is the film that establish Jimmy as a megastar, then ''The Assassin'' would be the film that typecasts Jimmy as a nigh-invincible, indestructible killing machine of martial arts cinema. This movie, and ''Film/GoldenSwallow'', are the first two (of maybe a dozen) movies where Jimmy clearly kills more than a hundred people onscreen, making him ''the'' indisputable badass of 70s {{wuxia}} cinema.
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!!The Assassin contains examples of:
* ActorAllusion: Jimmy Wang-yu and Lisa Chiao plays lovers once again, after their previous film ''Film/OneArmedSwordsman''.
* BloodIsTheNewBlack: Nie-zheng, in the end of the final battle, with his white clothing splattered with plenty of red after sustaining inumerable injuries.
*BetterDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: After killing the Emperor and finding himself surrounded by scores and scores of Imperial guards, intending to capture him alive and interrogate him to uncover the LaResistance leaders' hideout, Nie-zheng instead opts to commit {{Seppuku}}. He managed to kill a dozen more guards before he finally expires to his own self-inflicted injury]].
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Xia-ying at the end of the film, after uncovering the white cloth covered over the dead assassin, and finding out that is none other than Nie-zheng]]. At which point [[spoiler: she offs herself with a dagger through her midsection so they can be TogetherInDeath]].
* HumanPincushion: Official Yen Chung Tzu dies in this fashion, being executed by having multiple arrows shot into his body. Nie-zheng discovers him in this state when looking for him, and is absolutely shocked at what he saw.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: The Han Emperor, courtesy of Nie-zheng]].
* InASingleBound: This is how Nie-zheng [[spoiler: kills the Emperor]] at the end of the movie, revealing his disguise and somehow leaping twenty feet horizontally through the air before impaling his target through the midsection.
* TheJimmyHartVersion: During a romantic scene between Nie-zheng and Xia-ying near a waterfall, a few notes from John Barry's ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' score can be heard in the background.
* LaResistance: The local rebellion that opposes the Han Emperor, which Nie-zheng is a supporter and it's most skilled warrior.
* MadeOfIron: Nie-zheng in the finale; after killing a hundred Imperial soldiers, sustaining multiple injuries in the process (see the above screenshot) and skewered by several arrowsa while attempting to escape, he still continually battles for several minutes, killing as many as he can. [[spoiler: He finally dies, through a self-inflicted injury]].
* OneManArmy: Nie-zheng in the assasination scene. His first kill is [[spoiler: the Han Emperor]], and after that around a hundred soldiers that tries to arrest him. [[spoiler: While he eventually dies, he took most of the Imperial army with him to the death]].
* SuicideMission: [[spoiler: Nie-zheng is well aware that the mission to assasinate the Han Emperor is a one-way trip, considering even if he managed to kill his target, he'll be swarmed by hundreds and hundreds of guards in the palace. Nevertheless he chose this mission for the better good, and ends up dying valiantly by the end of the day]].
* WhiteShirtOfDeath: [[spoiler: Nie-zheng in the final scene, shedding his red robes while disguised as an Imperial officer, before revealing his all-white clothing underneath, where he then proceeds to go on a killing spree before dying in his red-splattered white outfit]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:"So, [[BadassBoast who's next to taste my cold unforgiving blade]]?"]]
''The Assassin'' is a 1967 martial arts epic from Creator/ShawBrothers, starring Creator/JimmyWangYu, Lisa Chiao, Tien Feng and directed by Chang Cheh, who in the very same year collaborated with Wang Yu and Lisa Chiao in ''Film/OneArmedSwordsman''.
A historical epic set in the twilight of the Ming Dynasty, Wang-yu plays Nie-zheng, a rebel leader and former warrior betrayed by a rival, where he ends up renouncing his past as a killer to live the rest of his life with his lover, Xia-ying. But when the past catches up with him, Nie-zheng - despite Xia-ying's pleas - decides to rejoin his former rebel legion to assassinate the Han Emperor and put an end to an age of tyranny, despite knowing he very well wouldn't live to see the aftermath of his success.
If ''Film/OneArmedSwordsman'' is the film that establish Jimmy as a megastar, then ''The Assassin'' would be the film that typecasts Jimmy as a nigh-invincible, indestructible killing machine of martial arts cinema. This movie, and ''Film/GoldenSwallow'', are the first two (of maybe a dozen) movies where Jimmy clearly kills more than a hundred people onscreen, making him ''the'' indisputable badass of 70s {{wuxia}} cinema.
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!!The Assassin contains examples of:
* ActorAllusion: Jimmy Wang-yu and Lisa Chiao plays lovers once again, after their previous film ''Film/OneArmedSwordsman''.
* BloodIsTheNewBlack: Nie-zheng, in the end of the final battle, with his white clothing splattered with plenty of red after sustaining inumerable injuries.
*BetterDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: After killing the Emperor and finding himself surrounded by scores and scores of Imperial guards, intending to capture him alive and interrogate him to uncover the LaResistance leaders' hideout, Nie-zheng instead opts to commit {{Seppuku}}. He managed to kill a dozen more guards before he finally expires to his own self-inflicted injury]].
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Xia-ying at the end of the film, after uncovering the white cloth covered over the dead assassin, and finding out that is none other than Nie-zheng]]. At which point [[spoiler: she offs herself with a dagger through her midsection so they can be TogetherInDeath]].
* HumanPincushion: Official Yen Chung Tzu dies in this fashion, being executed by having multiple arrows shot into his body. Nie-zheng discovers him in this state when looking for him, and is absolutely shocked at what he saw.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: The Han Emperor, courtesy of Nie-zheng]].
* InASingleBound: This is how Nie-zheng [[spoiler: kills the Emperor]] at the end of the movie, revealing his disguise and somehow leaping twenty feet horizontally through the air before impaling his target through the midsection.
* TheJimmyHartVersion: During a romantic scene between Nie-zheng and Xia-ying near a waterfall, a few notes from John Barry's ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' score can be heard in the background.
* LaResistance: The local rebellion that opposes the Han Emperor, which Nie-zheng is a supporter and it's most skilled warrior.
* MadeOfIron: Nie-zheng in the finale; after killing a hundred Imperial soldiers, sustaining multiple injuries in the process (see the above screenshot) and skewered by several arrowsa while attempting to escape, he still continually battles for several minutes, killing as many as he can. [[spoiler: He finally dies, through a self-inflicted injury]].
* OneManArmy: Nie-zheng in the assasination scene. His first kill is [[spoiler: the Han Emperor]], and after that around a hundred soldiers that tries to arrest him. [[spoiler: While he eventually dies, he took most of the Imperial army with him to the death]].
* SuicideMission: [[spoiler: Nie-zheng is well aware that the mission to assasinate the Han Emperor is a one-way trip, considering even if he managed to kill his target, he'll be swarmed by hundreds and hundreds of guards in the palace. Nevertheless he chose this mission for the better good, and ends up dying valiantly by the end of the day]].
* WhiteShirtOfDeath: [[spoiler: Nie-zheng in the final scene, shedding his red robes while disguised as an Imperial officer, before revealing his all-white clothing underneath, where he then proceeds to go on a killing spree before dying in his red-splattered white outfit]].
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