The Tender Trap of Espionage

Name: The Tender Trap of Espionage
Director: Lo Wei
Genre: Thriller
Released: 1960-05-10
Cast: Liu Liang-Hua, Lo Wei, Shih Chin, Li Kuan-Chang, Wen Ling

Original title: 脂粉間諜網

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Synopsis

Spy films had always been popular in Chinese-language cinema, with stories set mostly in WWII or the warlord era. The Tender Trap of Espionage, made two years before Dr. No (1962) which kickstarted the Bond film craze, is a story of intrigue between spies and counterspies within the Japanese Occupation force. The film was shot in Taiwan, offering unique visages, with cat-and-mouse mind games set in motion against trust, betrayal and seduction. Based on the British film The Two-Headed Spy (1958), future action maestro Chang Cheh wrote the script while husband-and-wife team Lo Wei and Lau Leung-wah star together as agents, with Lo doubling as director.