Lust, Caution

色‧戒 (2007)

Timing: 2:38 (158 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2007-09-24

Country

China, United States, Hong Kong, Taiwan

Production

Focus Features, Shanghai Film Group, River Road Entertainment, Haishang Films, Sil-Metropole Organisation, Edko Films

Genre

Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller

Budget

$15 000 000

Revenue

$67 091 915

Website

http://www.bvi.com.tw/movies/lust_caution/main.html

Director

Ang Lee

Actors

Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tang Wei, Joan Chen, Leehom Wang, Tsung-Hua Tou, Jacqueline Zhu Zhi-Ying, Ven Kao, Lawrence Ko, Johnson Yuen Tak-Cheung, Chin Ka-Lok
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Bill Kong Chi-Keung, Ang Lee, David Lee, James Schamus, Ren Zhonglun, Dai Song, Darren Shaw

Operator

Rodrigo Prieto

Composer

Alexandre Desplat

Artist

Jeffrey Kong

Audition

Rosanna Ng Wai-San

Editing

Tim Squyres
All team (59)

• Explicit scenes of a sexual nature were filmed over 11 days on a closed set in the presence of only the cinematographer and sound engineers.
• When Mr. I burns documents in the house, a photograph of Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), a Chinese revolutionary and founder of the Kuomintang, can be seen in the background.
• The film was submitted by Taiwan for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, but the American Film Academy rejected the submission due to insufficient representation of Taiwanese citizens among the crew.
• The prototype for the main character was Zheng Pinzhu, a member of the Chinese Resistance.
• The film was submitted by Taiwan for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, but the American Film Academy rejected the submission due to insufficient representation of Taiwanese citizens among the film crew.