Tang Wei as Wong Chia-chi

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Tang Wei as Wong Chia-chi is the central female protagonist of Ang Lee’s espionage drama "Lust, Caution," a young student-turned-undercover agent whose emotionally fraught mission to seduce and entrap a powerful collaborator blurs the line between performance and genuine desire.

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instanceOf fictionalCharacterPortrayal
filmCharacter
affiliation Chinese resistance group
ageRangeInStory youngAdult
appearsIn Lust, Caution NERFINISHED
awardsContext broughtInternationalRecognitionToTangWei
basedOn Wang Jiazhi NERFINISHED
basedOnAuthor Eileen Chang NERFINISHED
basedOnWork Lust, Caution (novella) NERFINISHED
characterArcTheme blurredLineBetweenPerformanceAndDesire
conflictBetweenDutyAndEmotion
characterName Wong Chia-chi NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Rodrigo Prieto NERFINISHED
climacticAction warnsMrYeeOfAssassinationPlot
consequence executionByOccupationAuthorities
coverIdentity Mrs. Mak NERFINISHED
emotionalState tornBetweenLoyaltyAndLove
filmCountryOfOrigin China NERFINISHED
Taiwan NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
filmDirector Ang Lee NERFINISHED
filmRatingUS NC-17
filmStudio Focus Features NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceYear 2007
gender female
genreContext espionageDrama
romanticTragedy
keyProp diamondRing
languageSpoken Mandarin
mission assist assassination plot against Mr. Yee
seduce Mr. Yee
musicBy Alexandre Desplat NERFINISHED
narrativeRole protagonist
nationalityInStory Chinese
notableFor explicitSexScenes
psychologicalComplexity
occupation student
undercoverAgent
portrayedBy Tang Wei NERFINISHED
recruitmentContext universityDramaTroupe
settingLocation Hong Kong NERFINISHED
Japanese-occupied Shanghai NERFINISHED
settingPeriod Second Sino-Japanese War NERFINISHED
target Mr. Yee NERFINISHED
targetOccupation secretPoliceOfficial
targetSide collaboratorWithJapanese
visualSignature cheongsamDresses

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Lust, Caution characterPortrayed Tang Wei as Wong Chia-chi