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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Tony Leung Chiu Wai | Mr. Yee |
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Wei Tang | Wong Chia Chi |
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Joan Chen | Mrs. Yee |
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Lee-Hom Wang | Kuang Yu Min |
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Tsung-Hua To | Old Wu |
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Zhi-Ying Zhu | Lai Shu Jin |
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Ying-Hsuan Kao | Huang Lei |
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Lawrence Ko | Liang Jun Sheng |
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Johnson Yuen | Auyang Ling Wen |
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Kar Lok Chin | Tsao |
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Yan Su | Mrs. Ma |
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Saifei He | Mrs. Hsiao |
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Ruhui Song | Wang's Aunt |
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Hui-Ling Wang | Mrs. Liao |
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Jie Liu | Mrs. Leung |
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Anupam Kher | Khalid Saiduddin |
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Akiko Takeshita | Japanese Tavern Boss Lady |
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Hayato Fujiki | Japanese Colonel Sato |
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Seto Masumi | Geisha in Japanese Tavern |
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Noriko Kohyama | Musician in Japanese Tavern |
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Yu Lai Cheng | HKU Theater Audience (Female) |
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Shi Hong | Woman at Police Line |
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Deng Wei | Prostitute in Brothel |
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Lisa Lu | Mahjong partner of Aunt |
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Li Dou | Old Man at Bookstore |
Director | Ang Lee |
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Writer | Eileen Chang, James Schamus, Hui-Ling Wang | |
Producer | Lloyd Chao, William Kong, Ang Lee, David Lee, Er-Dong Liu, Zhonglun Ren, James Schamus, Darren Shaw, Dai Song, Doris Tse | |
Musician | Alexandre Desplat | |
Photography | Rodrigo Prieto |