- HD 1080
- Runtime: 130m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: zh
- Country: China, Hong Kong
- Director: Chen Kaige
- Stars: Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing, Gong Li, Kevin Lin, He Saifei, Zhang Shi
- keywords: shanghai, china, blackmail, opium, 1920s
- Production_studio: Shanghai Film Studios, Tomsen Films
- Slogan: What the heart hides, the moon reveals.
- The Temptress Moon is featured in the top rankings of 1996
- #20 in Top Romance Movies of 1996
- #66 in Top Drama Movies of 1996
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.