User:Meezoya/Lust, Caution

Story

The story tells that during world war 2, a university student who was very shy and inexperienced named as Wong chia chi, travels from shanghai to Hong Kong in order to attend event at its university names as Lingnan university. Kaung Yu min was a male student who invites chia chi to join club and motivate her to become lead actress. Later she inspires others by her mesmerizing acting and patriotic plays. Mr. Yee, a special agent who was a secret agent who works in shanghai for the Japanese puppet government. Chia chi is chosen for the best role of Mrs. Mai who is beautiful and attractive wife of a leading trading organization owner. She is very smart because she managers to fit herself into the big social /friend’s circle of Mrs. Yee to complete her aim. The major aim of her is to kill that man as per the agreement with government but she was unaware that this would be life changing step for her as she started falling in love with him.

Sexuality and power

In order to prove herself in this lust caution film, chia chi’s virginity is used as a great example of both innocence and a barrier to the role she must play in the film. The great message shared by this film is sexuality and power as it is used as tangible tools in order to prove patriotism. In her character it has been noted that she is very comfortable with her role, body language, her appearance makes her more attractive and power as it is totally related to her desires and love for that man. We have seen that a gradual acceptance of power and pleasure along with a growing role of dominance in Mr. Yee and Chia chi relationship is the most interesting part.

Popularity and Home Media

In the recent years, this film has achieved so much of success especially in the US, two DVD versions were released for which people were praising the role of lady chia chi and her appearance with Mr. Yee in the film. The name of two DVD were censored R rated version and NC-17 version which was popular among people. It has been noted that many authors have praised this movie and also have written about it in their blogs. There are many production company in the world who have released this movie such as Netflix where people can stream service and watch films online. Mostly people can see it on Vudu movie and various film app on TV store. This film shows the importance of political power while understanding brutality and love. It has been noted that this film has provided benefit to most of the production company because they have released this on their platform. In the US, this film has earned more than 24 million which is quite good earning and in the US people have rated NC-17 which was budget over more than $16 million.