Lust, Caution (Se jie)

Movies set in the World War II period (83 movies items)

"Setting: China Strong romantic element, though it may not seem so. During World War II era, a young woman, Wang Jiazhi part of an idealistic group of young revulutionaries set their sights on a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee and enter a dangerous game. "

A Complete Review of Ang Lee's work (14 movies items)

" Cast : Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Wei Tang, Joan Chen What was it about? 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. My two cents: Ang Lee must be, with Darren Aronofosky, the most versatile director at work right now. I mean, seriously, you just need check his movies in this list. Most of them were very good but, above all, they were jut so different from one and another. Coming back to ou"

PopMatter's Essential Film Performances - 2010 (50 movies items)

"FROM PAGE TO SCREEN Tony Leung There are few actors from Asia who can convey melancholy like Leung. The glint of a fixed gaze, the slight frown of the lips, even in the way he smokes a cigarette, there’s the air of ineffable sadness about him. As the head of the secret police in 1940s Shanghai, Mr. Yee, Leung’s performance relies on subtle shifts in desire. His pursuit of the student spy, Wong Chia Chi (the luminous Tang Wei) is at first tentative, then urgent and forceful. Her youth and dir"