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7.3During World War II, a secret agent must seduce and assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai.
Cast
- Tony Leung Chiu-wai as Mr. Yee
- Tang Wei as Wong Chia Chi / Mrs. Mak
- Joan Chen as Mrs. Yee
- Leehom Wang as Kuang Yu Min
- Tou Tsung-hua as Old Wu
- Jacqueline Zhu as Lai Shu Jin
Themes
- secret love
- china
- sexual obsession
- shanghai, china
- cheating
- espionage
- resistance
- in love with enemy
- traitor
- lover
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
48,088 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
73%
Metacritic
61/100
- Year
- 2007
- Runtime
- 157 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, Romance
- Rated
- NC-17
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 BAFTA 28 wins & 56 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ang Lee
- Screenplay by
- Wang Hui-ling James Schamus
- Based on
- Lust, Caution , by Eileen Chang
- Produced by
- Ang Lee William Kong James Schamus
- Starring
- Tony Leung Chiu-wai Tang Wei Anupam Kher Joan Chen Wang Leehom Shyam Pathak
- Cinematography
- Rodrigo Prieto
- Edited by
- Tim Squyres
- Music by
- Alexandre Desplat
- Production companies
- River Road Entertainment Haishang Films Sil-Metropole Organisation Shanghai Film Group
- Distributed by
- Focus Features (United States) China Film Group Corporation (China) Edko Films (Hong Kong) Buena Vista International (Taiwan)
- Release dates
- August 30, 2007 ( 2007-08-30 ) ( Venice ) September 24, 2007 ( 2007-09-24 ) (Taiwan) September 26, 2007 ( 2007-09-26 ) (Hong Kong) September 28, 2007 ( 2007-09-28 ) (United States) November 1, 2007 ( 2007-11-01 ) (China)
- Running time
- 158 minutes
- Countries
- United States China Taiwan
- Language
- Mandarin
- Budget
- $15 million
- Box office
- $67.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 157
- FilmAffinity ID
- 566101
- Official website
- www.focusfeatures.com/lust__caution
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 2007-01-01
- title
- 色，戒
- Commons category
- Lust, Caution
- described at URL
- ent.msn.com.tw/movie/story.aspx?id=201
- review score
- 61/100
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Article
Lust, Caution (Chinese: 色，戒; pinyin: Sè, Jiè; Jyutping: SikGaai) is a 2007 erotic spy film directed by Ang Lee, based on the 1979 novella by Eileen Chang. The story is set during World War II, when a group of Chinese students plot to assassinate a high-ranking official in the puppet government of Japanese-occupied Shanghai by luring him into a honey trap.
The film won Lee a second Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival after Brokeback Mountain. It propelled Tang Wei to stardom but also drew controversy for its explicit sex scenes, which resulted in a two-year ban imposed on her by the Chinese government. The film grossed $67 million worldwide over a $16 million budget, making it the highest grossing NC-17 film of all time.