Shanghai, 1942. The World War II Japanese occupation of this Chinese city continues in force. Mrs. Mak, a woman of sophistication and means, walks into a café, places a call, and then sits and waits. She remembers how her story began several years earlier, in 1938 China. She is not in fact Mrs. Mak, but shy Wong Chia Chi. With WWII underway, Wong has been left behind by her father, who has escaped to England. As a freshman at university, she meets fellow student Kuang Yu Min. Kuang has started a drama society to shore up patriotism. As the theater troupe's new leading lady, Wong realizes that she has found her calling, able to move and inspire audiences and Kuang. He convenes a core group of students to carry out a radical and ambitious plan to assassinate a top Japanese collaborator, Mr. Yee. Each student has a part to play; Wong will be Mrs. Mak, who will gain Yees' trust by befriending his wife and then draw the man into an affair. Wong transforms herself utterly inside and out, and the scenario proceeds as scripted until an unexpectedly fatal twist spurs her to flee. Shanghai, 1941. With no end in sight for the occupation, Wong having emigrated from Hong Kong goes through the motions of her existence. Much to her surprise, Kuang re-enters her life. Now part of the organized resistance, he enlists her to again become Mrs. Mak in a revival of the plot to kill Yee, who as head of the collaborationist secret service has become even more a key part of the puppet government. As Wong reprises her earlier role, and is drawn ever closer to her dangerous prey, she finds her very identity being pushed to the limit... Written by Focus Features
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Studio: Focus Features
Release: 27 September 2007
Running Time: 157 min
Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 15 wins & 23 nominations
Producer: William Kong, Ang Lee,
Executive Producer: Zhong-lun Ren, James Schamus, Darren Shaw, Dai Song
Director: Ang Lee
Writer: Eileen Chang, James Schamus, Hui-Ling Wang
Cast: Wang Hui Ling, James Schamus
Cast: Tony Leung, Joan Chen, Lee-Hom Wang, Tang Wei, Shyam Pathak, Anupam Kher
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Domestic Total Gross: $5 million
Worldwide Total Gross: $67 million
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xBlueWinter 1 year ago
does anybody know the name of this song????i can't find it!!
olgibius 1 year ago
damn tony leug is awesome
brken 2 years ago