由李安執導的影片《色·戒》已于近日在馬來西亞開機。《色·戒》改編自張愛玲同名小說，是張小說中少數以前衛手法探討女性心理及情欲的作品。故事描述上個世紀30年代，一位女學生化身刺客，企圖用美人計刺殺汪精衛陣營中一位高級特務。片中的女主角由新人湯唯飾演，女二號——梁朝偉夫人“易太太”，由中國知名影星陳沖飾演。陳沖曾因主演《未代皇帝》、《雙峰》等影片成為好萊塢最著名的華裔影星之一。

"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》，改編自張愛玲同名小說，是張愛玲小說中少數以前衛手法探討女性心理及情欲的作品。故事描述上個世紀30年代，一位女知識青年化身刺客，企圖用美人計刺殺汪精衛陣營中一位高級特務。 pave the way for: 為…作準備 （英語點津陳蓓編輯）