Temptress Moon (1996)

Release Date: 1996-05-09
Runtime: 2h 10min
Production Company: Shanghai Film Studios
Production Country: China, Hong Kong
Director: Chen Kaige

What the heart hides, the moon reveals.

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.