To kill the enemy, she would have to capture his heart....and break her own.
Plot Summary
An espionage thriller set in WWII-era Shanghai, in which a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee.
Run Time
157 min, 148 min (edited version)
Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Rating Details
Rated NC-17 for some explicit sexuality; Rated R for strong sexual content and a scene of brutal violence (edited version).
Lust, Caution (Chinese: ; pinyin: Sè, Jiè) is an 2007 Chinese-American espionage thriller film directed by Taiwanese American director Ang Lee, based on the short story of the same name published in 1979 by Chinese author Eileen Chang. The story is mostly set in Hong Kong in 1938 and in Shanghai in 1942, when it was occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army and ruled by the puppet government led by Wang Jingwei. It depicts a group of Chinese university students from the Lingnan University who plot to assassinate a high-ranking special agent and recruiter of the puppet government using an attractive young woman to lure him into a trap.
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