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Temptress Moon (1996)
Directed by Chen Kaige
Most recently watched by sleestakk
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.
Length 130 minutes
Actors
Leslie Cheung | Gong Li | Kevin Lin | He Saifei | Chang Shih | Liankun Lin | Ko Hsiang-Ting | Jie Zhou | Zhou Yemang | Lei Ren | Ying Wang | Lin Ge | Zhou Xun | David Ng | Patrick Tse