Lust, Caution

Few days ago, me and my friend went to see a movie "Lust Caution" that is directed by Ang Lee. I went to watch the movie not because of its cast but because of its slogan, " Lust is restricted easily; affection not." The theme of this movie is related to affection under restriction.

The story talks about in World War Second era Shanghai. Wong Chia Chi is a Chinese college student who gets involved with a drama club after meeting Kuang Yu Min, a charismatic fellow classmate. While Wong is happy performing on the stage, Kuang asks her to take on a very dangerous role in real life. She is to transform herself into Mrs. Mak and make friends with the wife of a major Japanese collaborator, Mr. Yee, only to ensnare him into an affair so that her Kuang and his adherents can kill him. However, the plan fails to work out at the time, but after several years pass, Kuang re-enters Wong's life. Accordingly, he asks her to resume their deadly mission. She plays the role of Mrs. Mak again. This time she successfully bumps into Mr. Yee's life. Their love affair becomes more and more intense. Just near the end of the mission, she fails because she reveals a clue to let Mr. Yee notice that he is in the snare. The falsehood is the cunning scheme; nevertheless, the affection between Wong and Yee sprouts sneakingly and it’s hard to restrain the feeling.

After watching this movie, I feel quenchless and weary. I feel weary not owing to the length of the movie but the delicate depiction of the facial expression. It is easy to stir up my emotion from a frown or a smile of the characters. The atmosphere of the movie is oppressed and plaintive due to the background of that era, under the suppression of the war. War might transform people’s values into abnormality. Human still have his or her nature I think.