Lust, Caution

Original title: Se, jie

2007
12
2h 37m

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7.5/10

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During World War II era, a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee.During World War II era, a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee.During World War II era, a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee.

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

47K

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POPULARITY

3,568

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Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 28 wins & 56 nominations total

Mr. Yee
(as Tony Chiu Wai Leung)

Tang Wei

Wong Chia Chi…

Joan Chen

Mrs. Yee

Leehom Wang

Kuang Yu Min

Chung-Hua Tou

Old Wu
(as Tsung-Hua Tuo)

Zhi-Ying Zhu

Lai Shu Jin
(as Chih-ying Chu)

Ying-Hsuan Kao

Huang Lei

Lawrence Ko

Liang Jun Sheng
(as Ko Yu-Luen)

Johnson Yuen

Auyang Ling Wen…

Ka-Lok Chin

Tsao
(as Kar Lok Chin)

Yan Su

Mrs. Ma

Saifei He

Mrs. Hsiao

Ruhui Song

Wang's Aunt

Hui-Ling Wang

Mrs. Liao

Jie Liu

Mrs. Leung

Anupam Kher

Khalid Saiduddin

Akiko Takeshita

Japanese Tavern Boss Lady

Hayato Fujiki

Japanese Colonel Sato

Director
- Ang Lee
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Trivia
Director Ang Lee made Tony Leung Chiu-wai study the performances of Marlon Brando in Le dernier Tango à Paris (1972), Humphrey Bogart in Le violent (1950) and Richard Burton in Equus (1977), to give him a sense of wounded masculinity, which Lee felt was right for the character of Mr. Yee.

Goofs
In the café scene where Mak Tai Tai is calling her comrades the ringer heard through the phone both times is a modern ringer, which wasn't used until the 1970s/early 1980s.

Quotes
Wong Chia Chi: I'm afraid I have no gift for you.
Mr. Yee: Your presence itself is a gift.

Alternate versions
An R-Rated version was made for the home video market for sale in places that doesn't carry NC-17 films (e.g. supermarkets). The run-time of the R-rated version is only ~30 seconds less but features ~70 seconds of alternative footage to soften the rating.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Kingdom/Trade/The Game Plan/Feast of Love/The Darjeeling Limited/Lust, Caution (2007)

Soundtracks
Klavierstücke Op. 118 No. 2 Intermezzo
Composed by Johannes Brahms
Performed by Alain Planès
(p) 2007 Decca Label Group

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Featured review

10/10

Judge LUST CAUTION a day later.

When I saw LUST CAUTION yesterday I wasn't sure what to think. There were moments of transcendence and many others of what, at the time, seemed like tedium. I was frustrated that I couldn't decide if this was a masterpiece right away as I was with BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, THE ICE STORM, and CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON. When I woke up this morning I couldn't stop thinking about it. It has haunted me all day and I want to see it again. Perhaps my expectations were so high that I had trouble appreciating what I was watching. More than likely I was anticipating the already notorious sex scenes. In any case LUST CAUTION is another masterpiece by Ang Lee that may take time for some to appreciate it. Years to come it will be studied and watched compulsively. It will strike debate among cinephiles of its worth. Most importantly it will be a film to be treasured, perhaps not by many, but by a very enlightened few.

During the sex scenes I was holding my breath. Lee's slow burn toward these instant classic scenes was like foreplay leading to an explosive climax. Lee's themes of repression and double lives continue in LUST CAUTION. I look forward to savoring and arguing about this film for years to comes.