Jang Dong Gun, Zhang Ziyi and Cecilia Cheung star in the 2012 Chinese adaptation of the French novel
Dangerous Liaisons. Acclaimed Korean director Hur Jin Ho (
One Fine Spring Day) transplants the tale of love, lust and manipulation to 1930s Shanghai. The Pan-Asian cast delivers glamor and star power in spades in this opulent and entertaining adaptation. Appearing in his second Chinese production after
The Promise, Jang Dong Gun is at his charismatic best as the wealthy womanizer caught between Zhang Ziyi, as the chaste object of seduction, and Cecilia Cheung, as the femme fatale who sends everyone down the path of ruin.
Wealthy playboy Xie Yifan (Jang Dong Gun) has never met a woman he can't have, but the one he desires the most is businesswoman Mo Jieyu (Cecilia Cheung), who plays the cynical game of love and lies just as well. The two decide to make a bet on the chastity of Yifan's second cousin, virtuous widow Du Fenyu (Zhang Ziyi). If Yifan succeeds in bedding Fenyu, he gets Jieyu. And thus begins the dangerous push and pull of love and seduction. Though Fenyu resists Yifan's advances at first, they gradually fall under each other's spells as lives and hearts spiral out of control.
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