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Temptress Moon (1996)

★ 6.7/10 130 min Drama, Romance China, Hong Kong Chinese
Director: Chen Kaige
Story by: Chen Kaige, Anyi Wang
Writer: Shu Kei
Streaming: Not available
What the heart hides, the moon reveals.

Description

Set in the decadent 1920s, Temptress Moon tells the very complicated story of a wealthy family living on the outskirts of Shanghai. Their youngest daughter, Ruyi, is brought up as a servant to her opium-addicted father and brother. Meanwhile, her brother-in-law Zhongliang has a successful, if illegal, career seducing and blackmailing married women in the city. When he comes to Ruyi's home the two fall in love, and trouble ensues.

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Top Cast

Leslie Cheung
Leslie Cheung Yu Zhongliang
Gong Li
Gong Li Pang Ruyi
Kevin Lin
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He Saifei
He Saifei Yu Xiuyi
Chang Shih
Chang Shih Li Niangjiu
Liankun Lin
Liankun Lin Pang An
Ko Hsiang-Ting
Ko Hsiang-Ting Elder Qi
Jie Zhou
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