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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.
Released: 2007-09-24158 minDir: Ang LeeAction, Drama, Romance, ThrillerBudget: $15.0MBox office: $67.1M
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
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.
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2000s erotic thriller films2000s spy thriller films2007 American films2007 Cantonese-language films2007 Chinese films2007 English-language films2007 films2007 Hindi-language films2007 Hong Kong films2007 Japanese-language films2007 Mandarin-language films2007 thriller filmsAmerican erotic thriller films