Director: Ang LeeStarring: Joan Chen, Wei Tang
Year: 2007
In China, during the Japanese occupation World War II, a young student named Wong Chia Chi (Chen) is recruited by her school's acting troupe who have joined the resistance against the Japanese. Wong agrees to be the central figure in the assassination of a brutal Japanese collaborator, Yee. The troupe creates an elaborate ruse in which Wong takes on the alias of a wife of a bourgeoisie to befriend Mr. Yee's wife, Yee Tai Tai. Wong eventually seduces Yee in order to kill him but becomes emotionally entangled.
Year: 2007
In China, during the Japanese occupation World War II, a young student named Wong Chia Chi (Chen) is recruited by her school's acting troupe who have joined the resistance against the Japanese. Wong agrees to be the central figure in the assassination of a brutal Japanese collaborator, Yee. The troupe creates an elaborate ruse in which Wong takes on the alias of a wife of a bourgeoisie to befriend Mr. Yee's wife, Yee Tai Tai. Wong eventually seduces Yee in order to kill him but becomes emotionally entangled.
Comments: Lushly shot, very sensual, and intense. Chen and Tang have amazing on-screen chemistry. You may not like all his films, but Ang Lee knows how to make a compelling film.
Recommended.
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