Lust, Caution is a movie directed by Ang Lee in 2007 and based on the book Lust caution by Eileen Chang, first published in 1979. The movie features Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Tang Wei, Joan Chen, Wang Leehom, Jacqueline Zhu, Lawrence Ko, and others.
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Storyline
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, a shy, inexperienced university student, Wong Chia Chi, travels from Shanghai to Hong Kong and attends her first year at Lingnan University. Chia Chi is still a virgin, and she reluctantly consents to having sex with another student involved in the plot, in order to practice her role as a married woman if she were to sleep with Yee.
Movie vs Book
Year
2007
Minutes
157
Movie Rate
7.50
Source: IMDb
Movie
Lust, Caution
Original title: Se, jie
Director: Ang Lee
Country: Taiwan
Year: 2007
Length: 2h37m
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Year
1979
Pages
178
Book Rate
7.10
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Book
Lust caution
Author: Eileen Chang
Country: China
First published in: 1979
Length: 178 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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“You either ignore the comic book and make a great movie or you stay very close to the comic book.”
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