Temptress Moon
“What the heart hides, the moon reveals.”
Original title: 風月
Director
Chen Kaige
Screenplay
Anyi Wang, Chen Kaige
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.
Release
May 9, 1996
Budget
—
Country
China, Hong Kong
Revenue
—
Cast
Leslie Cheung
Yu Zhongliang
Gong Li
Pang Ruyi
Kevin Lin
Pang Duanwu
He Saifei
Yu Xiuyi
Chang Shih
Li Niangjiu
Liankun Lin
Pang An
Ko Hsiang-Ting
Elder Qi
Jie Zhou
The Woman of Zephyr Lane
Zhou Yemang
Pang Zhengda
Zhou Xun
Night Club Girl (uncredited)
David Wu
Jingyun
Patrick Tse Yin
Boss
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Temptress Moon
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