Tony Leung and film newcomer Tang Wei have landed lead roles in Focus Features' World War II espionage thriller "Lust, Caution" reports the trades.

Director Ang Lee's first post-Brokeback project will have Leung starring as a powerful Shanghai politician who becomes entangled with a young woman (Tang).

Chinese pop idol and actor Wang Lee Hom also has been cast, as a student involved with the woman. In the short story by the late Chinese author Eileen Chang, a main character tries to seduce and assassinate a Chinese spy working for the Japanese government.