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.

• DirectorChen Kaige
• Release9 May 1996
• Genre
  Drama / Romance
• Duration2h 10m
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• Rate
  

  6.8
  31 reviews
• Productions

  Shanghai Film Studios, Tomsen Films