Lust, Caution (2007)
色‧戒
To kill the enemy, she would have to capture his heart... and break her own.
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Lust, Caution rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.5/10· 48K votes
Rotten Tomatoes73%
Metacritic61%
TMDb7.276/10· 817 votesWith 73% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.5/10 on IMDb and 61/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.
About Lust, Caution
During World War II, a secret agent must seduce, then assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai. Her mission becomes clouded when she finds herself falling in love with the man she is assigned to kill.
Cast of Lust, Caution
Tang Wei
as Wong Chia Chi / Mrs. Mak
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
as Mr. Yee
Leehom Wang
as Kuang Yu Min
Joan Chen
as Mrs. Yee
Tou Tsung-hua
as Old Wu
Jacqueline Zhu
as Lai Shu Jin
Ven Kao
as Huang Lei
Lawrence Ko
as Liang Jun Sheng
Johnson Yuen Tak-Cheung
as Auyang Ling Wen / Mr. Mak
Chin Ka-Lok
as Cho
Su Yan
as Mrs. Ma
He Saifei
as Mrs. Hsiao
Lust, Caution facts
- Original title
- 色‧戒
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $67.1M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Ang Lee explores dangerous morality within 1940s espionage thriller
- •Romance-thriller synthesis creates morally complex narrative tension
- •Period detail authenticity establishes credible historical atmosphere
What the audience disliked
- •Pacing fluctuates between lingering sequences and rushed moments
- •Explicit content overshadows character development in places
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