- HD 1080
- Runtime: 158m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: zh
- Country: China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, United States of America
- Director: Ang Lee
- Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Tang Wei, Joan Chen, Leehom Wang, Tou Tsung-Hua
- keywords: secret love, china, sexual obsession, shanghai, china, cheating, espionage, resistance, in love with enemy, traitor, lover, insurgence, war on freedom, occupying power, insurrection, love, hong kong, older man younger woman relationship, extramarital affair, mahjong, resistance fighter, erotic thriller, 1940s
- Production_studio: River Road Entertainment, Haishang Films, Focus Features, Sil-Metropole Organisation, Shanghai Film Group, Edko Films
- Slogan: To kill the enemy, she would have to capture his heart... and break her own.
- The Lust, Caution is featured in the top rankings of 2007
- #13 in Top Romance Movies of 2007
- #57 in Top Drama Movies of 2007
- #9 in Top Action Movies of 2007
- #11 in Top Thriller Movies of 2007
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.
