Underplayed Gems

Lust, Caution (2007)

Lust, Caution poster
Original title
色‧戒
Directed by
Ang Lee
Genre
drama film, war film, erotic film, crime film, romance film, erotic thriller
Country
Taiwan, People's Republic of China, United States
Runtime
2h 37m
Rated
NC-17
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 814 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

During World War II, a young woman in Japanese-occupied Shanghai is recruited by student revolutionaries to seduce a high-ranking official so they can assassinate him. She becomes entangled in a dangerous game of deception and attraction.

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What happens

Lust, Caution (Chinese: 色，戒; pinyin: Sè, Jiè; Jyutping: Sik1Gaai3) 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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