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An espionage thriller set in WWII-era Shanghai, in which a young woman, Wang Jiazhi (Tang Wei), gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee (Tony Leung). Read more

Starring Joan Chen, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tang Wei, Leehom Wang
Director Ang Lee
Genres Drama, Romance, Thriller, World Cinema

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Lust, Caution

An espionage thriller set in WWII-era Shanghai, in which a young woman, Wang Jiazhi (Tang Wei), gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee (Tony Leung).

Starring Joan Chen, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tang Wei, Leehom Wang, Chung Hua Tou, Chih-ying Chu, Ying-hsien Kao, Yue-Lin Ko, Johnson Yuen, Kar Lok Chin, Su Yan, Caifei He, Ruhui Song, Anupam Kher
Director Ang Lee
Studio UNIVERSAL
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 37 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 18.gif
Collections New releases
Genres Drama, Romance, Thriller, World Cinema
Language Mandarin
Subtitles English
Released DVD: 28 Apr 2008
Production year: 2007
Format DVD

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  • Ang Lee's new film - his second filmed in China, after Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and his first since the acclaimed Brokeback Mountain - begins with such an intensely observed game of... read more »

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    Rated - 2 stars

    Far too slow paced!

    I have to say I find listening to Chinese grating to hear for too long, but I decided to endure this and the length of this really long film because the trailer looked promising. The story of this film would have been the type to really grip me, but I confess something was missing in the film so in the end it just didn't do it for me. I guess because I was never convinced of the main actress' motivation to going to such extreme lengths to be so patriotic. In most parts the scenes were far too drawn out and slow paced. The sexual scenes were very realistic and very well acted out, and the acting from the actors were flawless, however I would have preferred to have seen the film acted in English. The story is a good one, so worth a watch. Just be aware that it's rather slow paced and unnecessarily longer than the average film.

      • A customer from SW London
      • Posted 21 Jan 2008 22:45

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    Rated - 5 stars

    Brilliant, deep into you heart !

    I watched it 3 times, it is one of the best film in recent years, show us the real emotion from a young girl's point of view. If you had some memory of lonely time, wandering around with no one to connect to, struggle to find someone in real love with you, or the one you really in love with...you know how hard that can be, how isolated that can be... then you will definitely in a better position to understand the film, and the twisted love/emotion under it.Obviously lots of things she cannot change, especially under the war environment, and many things she just blindly follow others... no matter correct or wrong... but you still need love, even in such an impossible time. She has been betrayed by all men around her, her dad, the young student, and the old guy... she try to give them her heart, but none of them actually cared her enough. If you read the writer Ailing Zhang's own love story, you will understand it more. Anyway, great story and great film. I love it.

      • A customer from Watford
      • Posted 27 Aug 2008 18:08

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    Ang Lee's new film - his second filmed in China, after Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and his first since the acclaimed Brokeback Mountain - begins with such an intensely observed game of mahjong you half expect the Hulk to appear from underneath the table and scatter these society ladies who have so little to talk about but their husbands, business, and black market goods. We are in Japanese-occupied Shanghai, 1942. The hostess, Mrs Yee (Joan Chen), is sitting pretty. Her husband (Tony Leung) Read more

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