Lust, Caution (DVD, 2008)

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Languages Mandarin - Dolby Digital (5.1) Award-winning erotic thriller from renowned director Ang Lee. The film is set during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai during World War II. Wong Chia Chi (Wei Tang) is a student involved in a radical and ambitious plan to assassinate a top Japanese collaborator, Mr Yee (Tony Leung Chiu Wai).

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In 1938, China is occupied by the Japanese. Wong Chia Chi is part of an acting group, but their sights are set beyond the stage: they want to use their abilities to attack Mr. Yee, a known traitor. Wong poses as a businessman's wife and a heated affair begins. As Wong grows closer to Mr. Yee, there is doubt that she can aid in her lover's downfall.

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ProducerAng Lee, Bill Kong, James Schamus
EAN5050582548181
eBay Product ID (ePID)60529190

Product Key Features

Film/TV TitleLust, Caution
ActorJoan Chen, Tony Leung, Wang Lee-Han, Tang Wei
DirectorAng Lee
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
FormatDVD
Release Year2008
LanguageMandarin
Features'tiles of Deception, Lurid Affections' Featurette, Widescreen, With Subtitles
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
GenreWar
Run Time152 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate18
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureChina
Director of PhotographyRodrigo Prieto
ReviewsThe Guardian - Erotic and electrifying, Rolling Stone - Lee is a true master, and his potently erotic and suspenseful LUST, CAUTION casts a spell you won't want to break.
Consumer AdviceContains strong sex
Additional InformationAfter BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN and THE HULK, multitalented director Ang Lee returns to Asia with this Mandarin-language erotic drama. LUST, CAUTION pairs celebrated actor Tony Leung (2046) with gifted newcomer Tang Wei. In 1938, China is occupied by the Japanese, but it's not only the country's neighbours who are hated by the loyal Chinese. The nation's resistance also centres on those who willingly collaborate with Japan. Wong Chia Chi (Tang Wei) is part of an acting group, but their sights are set beyond the stage: they want to use their abilities to attack Mr. Yee (Leung), a known traitor. Wong poses as a businessman's wife, and she begins to lure Mr. Yee in, but they're separated before she has her chance. Three years later, they meet again in Shanghai, and a heated affair begins. As Wong grows closer to Mr. Yee, there is doubt that she can aid in her lover's downfall.<BR>At times, LUST, CAUTION evokes memories of Wong Kar-Wai's IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE. Both are heat-filled period films that feature Leung, but while the earlier picture focused on a love that was never consummated, LUST, CAUTION allows its lovers to realise their passion as often as one could imagine. Despite this, it never allows the sex to get in the way of the plot or the images. Director of photography Rodrigo Prieto has worked with directors as diverse and impressive as Oliver Stone, Julie Taymor, Spike Lee, and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, and he continues this fine tradition with his second pairing with Lee after BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. Here Prieto has a head start thanks to beautiful costumes and beautiful people, but this is another film that is simply gorgeous to look at.
Movie/TV TitleLust, Caution
ComposerAlexandre Desplat
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
ScreenwriterHui Ling Wang, James Schamus

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  • This film should be watched a few times, notice everything!!

    It painted a picture of a little known war, much like Europe, but very different due to the Japanese occupation having been ongoing for a long time. I think it was maybe more like the British occupation in India. The Japanese looked down on the Chinese, much like the British looked down on the Indians. And treated them very badly.....

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  • Boring

    This "thriller" is 2 hours and 20 minutes long - it seems much longer. The "caution" of the title is much in evidence, with a plot that moves like a geriatric snail. Even near the beginning I started to doze off. There are good performances here and some decent drama with good photography and period feel. But thrillers need to thrill or at the very least maintain some tension.

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  • lust and caution

    brilliant film well made recreating atmosphere and history of its time

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  • good film

    Ang Lee is a genius

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  • Very good.

    Very good.

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  • Best foreign movie you will watch this year.

    Excellent story told with passion.

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