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Originally Posted by Alex
Lust, Caution - Ang Lee's story of espionage in Japan-occupied China during World War II, mostly famous for its acrobatic sex scenes. First, I was very much intrigued by the overall story. We don't get to see many portrayals of the portions of WWII that played out away from Western eyes as the Japanese invasion and occupation of mainland Asia mostly did, and when we do it is through the filter of the rare western observer (such as Christian Bale in Empire of the Sun or John Wayne's mercenary fighter pilot in Flying Tigers).
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It was a disappointing film, but I maintain that I learned a very important lesson.