Lust, Caution (2007)

Spy movie. Strong female lead. From simple young woman, learn and join the political movement. Involved herself into the turbulence and War.

Different type of spy movies. One is Chinese innocent group of students, the other one is north Korean. Both movies are must watch.

Eve is a revenge makjang while lust, caution is more of an espionage thriller, both involve a femme fatale seducing powerful and rich married men with ulterior motives. Nonetheless, lemme tell you that Lust,Caution is way superior!

Both stories - female leads are college student, young, beautiful, innocent, kind,
Both has male leads that is a spy, or from enemy side.
Both have romance, but they are playing a danger relationship

Both movie has the lust vibe. The lust has put them in trouble. The forbidden love. The list that shouldn’t have happen. The uncontrollable love vs political

Both has lust. Both bond right away. Both knowing the danger of the relationship. They were good together but the situation surrounding make it impossible

Both involved a married man with a young beautiful woman. Sizzling love. What is the consequent of their lusting relationship will bring them, especially the secret mistress.

Both female lead played the role of undercover, secret spy. She is beautiful, both male lead fell for her. Their relationship growth stronger and danger

Although one is Korean movie the other one is Japanese movie, both are about Japanese attack and occupied era. Movies showed many pro-Jap people fighting against their own country men. Groups of resistance, sacrify selves for the country dignity

Both movie started with kind of forbidden sex, but stated to have feeling and turn into lust. Both movie were very intense and interesting

When Shiho Nishina got worried about her sex life with her husband, her husband proposed to her, "Why don't we go to a couple exchange party?" At first Shiho strongly turned down the idea, but eventually, she gave in because her husband was very persuasive. "We're just going to observe, okay?" Shiho said as she reluctantly agreed to it. Meanwhile, a former diplomat Mr. Kubozuka ran a couple exchange club, "Aquarium," with his wife in their house. At first, Shiho was being very cautious, but gradually, she got attracted to Mr. and Mrs. Kubozuka's charm and finally agreed to exchange couples with them. It seemed that their sex problem had disappeard and they had found happiness, but as it turned out, that was just the beginning of their nightmare....Adapted from the manga series "Fuufu Enman Recipe: Soredemo Otto wo Aishite Iru" by Koshikawa Tamae and Aoisei

Narita Misao is a rookie employee at a company. She doesn’t like Ichikawa Kazuya, who works in the same department. He is brutally honest when he talks to other people. Nevertheless, an incident leads to Narita Misao developing feelings for him. Ichikawa Kazuya also becomes attracted to her. The couple soon enter into an intimate relationship, but Narita Misao learns afterwards that Ichikawa Kazuya is engaged to his girlfriend. Narita Misao is confused by the situation and wonders what he is thinking.

Narita Misao is a rookie employee at a company. She doesn’t like Ichikawa Kazuya, who works in the same department. He is brutally honest when he talks to other people. Nevertheless, an incident leads to Narita Misao developing feelings for him. Ichikawa Kazuya also becomes attracted to her. The couple soon enter into an intimate relationship, but Narita Misao learns afterwards that Ichikawa Kazuya is engaged to his girlfriend. Narita Misao is confused by the situation and wonders what he is thinking.

An erotic espionage thriller mostly set in Hong Kong in 1938 and in Shanghai in 1942, when it was occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army and ruled by the puppet government led by Wang Jing Wei. It depicts a group of Chinese university students from the Lingnan University who plot to assassinate a high-ranking special agent and recruiter of the puppet government using an attractive young woman to lure him into a trap.

Lust, Caution reminded me of The Handmaiden. Both play in countries under Japanese occupation and between the 1930-40s. Both are for mature audiences and include nudity and sexual content. The movies are based on stories, Lust, Caution on a short story, The Handmaiden on a novel.