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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Tang Wei
Wong Chia Chi / Mrs. Mak
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Mr. Yee
Leehom Wang
Kuang Yu Min
Joan Chen
Mrs. Yee
Tou Tsung-hua
Old Wu
Jacqueline Zhu
Lai Shu Jin
Ven Kao
Huang Lei
Lawrence Ko
Liang Jun Sheng
Johnson Yuen Tak-Cheung
Auyang Ling Wen / Mr. Mak
Chin Ka-Lok
Cho
Director
Ang Lee
Screenplay
Wang Huiling
Tagline
"To kill the enemy, she would have to capture his heart... and break her own."
Status
Released
Original Language
ZH
Budget
$15,000,000
Revenue
$67,100,000
Production
River Road Entertainment, Haishang Films, Focus Features, Sil-Metropole Organisation, Shanghai Film Group, Edko Films
badelf
August 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 Jap...
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