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Temptress Moon ()

Feng yue (original title)
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Not far from Shanghai, in a country town 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... See more »
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Zhongliang / Ruyi's brother-in-law
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Ruyi
Kevin Lin ...
Duanwu / Ruyi's distant cousin
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Xiuyi / Zhongliang's sister-Zhengda's wife
Shih Chang ...
Li Niangjiu
Liankun Lin ...
Pang An
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Elder Qi
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Biggie / Zhongliang's Boss (as Xian Xie)
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Jingyun / Ruyi's betrothed as a child
Jie Zhou ...
Woman on Zephyr Lane
Yemang Zhou ...
Zhengda / Ruyi's brother-Xiuyi's husband
Lei Ren ...
Zhongliang / child
Ying Wang ...
Ruyi / child
Lin Ge ...
Duanwu / child
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Nightclub girl (uncredited)

Directed by

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Kaige Chen

Written by

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Kaige Chen ... (story)
 
Kei Shu ... ()
 
Anyi Wang ... (story)

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Feng Hsu ... producer
Sunday Sun ... executive producer
Jun-Nian Tang ... producer (as Cunlin Tong)

Music by

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Jiping Zhao

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Christopher Doyle

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Xiaonan Pei

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Xulan Gao ... post-production coordinator
Fengzhi Yang ... assistant editor

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Qiagui Huang

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Monica Zhang ... (as Xianzhi Zhang)

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William Chang
Changmin Chen

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Guangrui Xu ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Jade Hsu ... production supervisor
Shiyuan Shen ... production manager

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Ping Jing ... second assistant director
Dagang Qi ... second assistant director
Gang Xie ... second assistant director
Jinzhan Zhang ... assistant director

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Zhongxin Jiang ... carpenter
Xufeng Na ... assistant art director
Weida Pan ... props
Weicheng Qiao ... props
Wei Yao ... assistant art director
Lingen Yuan ... props

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Qizhen Lai ... sound
Xueyi Wang ... assistant sound recordist
Dan Edelstein ... supervising sound editor: US release (uncredited)

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Chi-Wan Chan ... still photographer
Baoquan Li ... steadicam operator
Luen-Fai Ng ... still photographer (as Luanhui Wu)
Xiaoning Qi ... assistant camera
Peter Rosenfeld ... steadicam operator
Shi-wah Wan ... assistant still photographer
Xiaoman Yuan ... assistant camera (as Xiaomen Yuan)

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David H. Kramer ... adr voice casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Baorung Wang ... wardrober
Yingjuan Xiao ... wardrober

Music Department

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Zhengdi Zhang ... music editor

Script and Continuity Department

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Ru Zhai ... continuity

Additional Crew

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Kaiyan Chen ... accounting manager
Sophie Gluck ... publicist
Linda Jaivin ... subtitler: English
Peiling Jiang ... accounting manager
Tielian Liu ... assistant: Mr. Leslie Cheung
Kei Shu ... distribution manager
Norman Wang ... publicist
Zemin Wang ... business manager

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Plot Summary

Not far from Shanghai, in a country town 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 older married women and then blackmails them. When Older Master Pang dies, the clan elders make Ruyi 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 then an emotional maelstrom follows - for the angry, jealous and sexually frustrated sister (Zhengda's wife) is also part of the picture. Written by L.H. Wong

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Also Known As
  • Temptress Moon (World-wide, English title)
  • Temptress Moon (Indonesia, English title)
  • Temptress Moon (Philippines, English title)
  • Temptress Moon (United States)
  • Temptress Moon (United Kingdom)
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  • 130 min
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Budget $7,000,000 (estimated)

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Trivia Two months into shooting, Kaige Chen had to let his leading lady go and replaced her with Gong Li. This was immediately followed by a delay in filming due to bad weather. Both of these factors contributed to the budget doubling to US $4 million. Six months of post-production took place in Beijing and Japan. Opening explanatory cards were cut and some scenes were rearranged.By the time of the Cannes Film Festival, the budget had increased to US $7 million. Even then, the film's problems were not over - the Chinese authorities then banned the film due to its political undercurrent and explicit scenes. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Speed 2/Broken English/Ulee's Gold/Temptress Moon/Wedding Bell Blues (1997). See more »
Quotes Zhongliang: These are the clothes you wear? The books you read? This is the life you lead? These silks and satins are hideous. Do you know what's happened in the world these ten years? Do you? Russian Revolution... Great War... battles against the warlords... Chiang's pact with the Communists and his betrayal of them... freedom from arranged marriages... male-female equality... the youth shedding their blood without regret... Do you know about all this? The girl students of Peking wear black skirts and short tops, tight at the waist. They carry a little red flag in their hands and stroll by the walls of the palace, walls tall and red, bordered by weeping willows swaying in the breeze. The Peking sky is blue and clear. The palace eaves are decorated with gold, and white kites sail through the air... higher and higher... further and further away... until you can't see them. Do you really want to spend your whole life here?
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