Eileen Chang

James Schamus

Huiling Wang

An espionage thriller set in World War II Shanghai recounts the relationship between the powerful Mr. Yee and Wang Jiazhi, a young woman caught up in a game of emotional intrigue with him, in a volume that is accompanied by the screenplay for the film and an essay on the making of the film.

The Story, the Screenplay, and the Making of the Film

Lust, Caution

Ailing Zhang

In 1940s' Shanghai, Jiazhi's life is a front. A patriotic student radical, her mission is to seduce a powerful employee of the occupying government and lead him to the assassin's bullet. But she begins to wonder if she can coldly take Mr Yi to his death. Or is she beginning to fall in love with him?

Charlotte Dann

Emma Greene

Kwan Ann Tan

Nat Lim

Lust, Caution The Story, the Screenplay, and the Making of the Film

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