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Director

Chen Kaige

Screenplay

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Temptress Moon 1996

Drama/ Romance/

BUDGET - Not Available

Status - Released

What the heart hides, the moon reveals.

Overview

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.