Lust, Caution

Lust, Caution
Lust, Caution
	Theatrical release poster
	色，戒 (Sè, Jiè)
Directed by	Ang Lee
Screenplay by	Wang Hui-ling; James Schamus;
Based on	Lust, Caution; by Eileen Chang
Produced by	Ang Lee; William Kong; James Schamus;
Starring	Tony Leung Chiu-wai; Tang Wei; Anupam Kher; Joan Chen; Wang Leehom; Shyam Pathak;
Cinematography	Rodrigo Prieto
Edited by	Tim Squyres
Music by	Alexandre Desplat
Production; companies	River Road Entertainment; Haishang Films; Sil-Metropole Organisation; Shanghai Film Group;
Distributed by	Focus Features (United States); China Film Group Corporation (China); Edko Films (Hong Kong); Buena Vista International (Taiwan);
Release dates	August 30, 2007 (Venice); September 24, 2007 (Taiwan); September 26, 2007 (Hong Kong); September 28, 2007 (United States); November 1, 2007 (China);
Running time	158 minutes
Countries	United States; China; Taiwan; Hong Kong;
Language	Mandarin
Budget	$15 million
Box office	$67.1 million

Lust, Caution (Chinese: 色，戒; pinyin: Sè, Jiè; Jyutping: Sik¹Gaai³) is a 2007 erotic spy film directed by Ang Lee, based on the 1979 novella by Eileen Chang. The story is set during World War II, when a group of Chinese students plot to assassinate a high-ranking official in the puppet government of Japanese-occupied Shanghai by luring him into a honey trap.

The film won Lee a second Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival after Brokeback Mountain. It propelled Tang Wei to stardom but also drew controversy for its explicit sex scenes, which resulted in a two-year ban imposed on her by the Chinese government. The film grossed $67 million worldwide over a $16 million budget, making it the highest grossing NC-17 film of all time.