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China commands 'Lust' cuts for sex, violence


September 12, 2007 SHANGHAI -- "Lust, Caution," the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion winner for best picture, will be cut by 30 minutes for audiences on the Chinese mainland, Chinese state media reported late Monday. Ang Lee's thriller, set in the 1930s, portrays a sexually explicit relationship between a young female spy, played by Tang Wei, and a powerful political figure (Tony Leung) set against the backdrop of turbulent Japanese-occupied Shanghai during WWII. Lee said that, while the short version remains "reasonable," Chinese mainland audiences might not feel "so uneasy" and "shocked" about the film.

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