由李安执导的影片《色·戒》已于近日在马来西亚开机。《色·戒》改编自张爱玲同名小说，是张小说中少数以前卫手法探讨女性心理及情欲的作品。故事描述上个世纪30年代，一位女学生化身刺客，企图用美人计刺杀汪精卫阵营中一位高级特务。片中的女主角由新人汤唯饰演，女二号——梁朝伟夫人“易太太”，由中国知名影星陈冲饰演。陈冲曾因主演《未代皇帝》、《双峰》等影片成为好莱坞最著名的华裔影星之一。

"Lust, Caution," based on a 26-page short story by famed Chinese writer Eileen Chang. Chinese actress Joan Chen of "The Last Emperor" has joined the cast of the new Ang Lee movie "Lust, Caution ," Lee's assistant has confirmed.  "Lust, Caution," based on a 26-page short story by famed Chinese writer Eileen Chang, is about a group of patriotic students who plot to assassinate the intelligence chief in the Japanese-backed Chinese government during the World War II era. Cannes best actor winner, Hong Kong's Tony Leung Chiu-wai, plays the intelligence official Mr. Yi, and Chen has been cast as his wife, Ang Lee's assistant, David Lee, said in an e-mail to The Associated Press Saturday. In other cast members, Chinese newcomer Tang Wei plays the student Wang Jiazhi, who seduces Yi to pave the way for the assassination. Chinese-American pop star Leehom Wang portrays Kuang Yumin, a student collaborator of Wang Jiazhi's. Chen is best known in the West for her roles in the Oscar-winning "The Last Emperor" and the TV series "Twin Peaks." "Lust, Caution" marks Ang Lee's return to Chinese-language film after making "The Hulk" and the gay romance "Brokeback Mountain," which earned Lee Oscar a best director Oscar earlier this year.  (Agency)

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Lust, Caution: 《色·戒》，改编自张爱玲同名小说，是张爱玲小说中少数以前卫手法探讨女性心理及情欲的作品。故事描述上个世纪30年代，一位女知识青年化身刺客，企图用美人计刺杀汪精卫阵营中一位高级特务。 pave the way for: 为…作准备 （英语点津陈蓓编辑）