Temptress Moon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-06-13

Languages:

Mandarin

Countries:

China, Hong Kong

Runtime:

130 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (1488 Reviews)

Director:

Kaige Chen

Genres:

Drama Romance

Cast:

Leslie Cheung Li Gong Kevin Lin Saifei He

Writer:

Kaige Chen (story)

Kei Shu

Anyi Wang (story)

Fullplot:

Not far from Shanghai, in a country twon stands the palatial home of the Pang family. Old Master Pang is an addict who brings up his beautiful daughter Ruyi on opium smoke. Her older brother, Zhengda, is addicted as well, and then paralysed and effectively brain-dead. Zhongliang, Zhengda's brother-in-law, is a successful gigolo in Shanghai who seduces married older women and then blackmails them. When Older Master Pang dies, the clan elders makes Ruyi to take over the role as the head of the household. Zhongliang returns to the Pang family on the death of Old Master Pang, re-encounters Ruyi, and they are secretly attracted to each other. Wanting to seem sophisticated, she succumbs to Zhongliang's attempts to seduce her. But in the emotional maelstrom that follows - for the angry, jealous and sexually frustrated sister (Zhengda's wife) is also part of the picture...

Comments:

Perspiciatis reiciendis error optio eos unde maiores. Molestias omnis facere laboriosam nihil.

By:

Jeor Mormont

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