The Assassin (1993)
Original title: Sha ren zhe Tang Zhan
The Assassin is a 1993 Chinese-language action movie directed by Billy Chung Siu-Hung, with a running time of 1h 18m. It stars Zhang Fengyi, Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lam and Max Mok Siu-Chung.
A poor farmer who loves a woman he is forbidden to associate with becomes a hardened mercenary, and is hired by a local warlord as a professional assassin. Years later, he runs into his old love and begins to question his violent past