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What the heart hides, the moon reveals.
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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.
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Directed by: Chen Kaige, Christopher Doyle
Written by: Shu Kei
Produced by: Sunday Sun, Cunlin Tong, Hsu Feng
Composed by: Zhao Jiping
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