

Lust, Caution
To kill the enemy, she would have to capture his heart... and break her own.
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $67.1M
- Language
- Cantonese
- secret love
- china
- sexual obsession
- shanghai, china
- cheating
- espionage
- resistance
- in love with enemy
- traitor
- lover
- insurgence
- war on freedom
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Produced in
China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNC-17New York City, New York (Premiere)27 Sept 2007
- Theatrical (limited)NC-1728 Sept 2007
- TheatricalNC-1726 Oct 2007
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival20 Oct 2007
- Theatrical184 Jan 2008
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalR 18+17 Jan 2008
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival7 Sept 2007
BrazilBR
- PremiereRio de Janeiro International Film Festival30 Sept 2007
- PremiereSão Paulo International Film Festival30 Oct 2007
- Theatrical18Rio de Janeiro (Premiere)1 May 2009
- Theatrical1815 May 2009
ChinaCN
- Theatrical1 Nov 2007
FranceFR
- Theatrical1216 Jan 2008
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1618 Oct 2007
Hong KongHK
- TheatricalIII26 Sept 2007
IrelandIE
- Theatrical184 Jan 2008
ItalyIT
- PremiereVenice Film Festival30 Aug 2007
- TheatricalVM144 Jan 2008
JapanJP
- TheatricalR18+2 Feb 2008
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Lust, Caution was released on 24 September 2007.
Audience reviews
1- B8/10
badelf
8/13/2026
**Summary:** **8/10:** A sensuously tense espionage thriller anchored by extraordinary performances from Tang Wei and Tony Leung; Ang Lee crafts a meticulously paced, beautifully shot meditation on desire, deception, and the dangerous space where ideology meets genuine feeling. This is a classic spy thriller, like a John le Carré novel, except instead of England and Russia, it's between Japan and occupied Chin…
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