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.
Leslie Cheung | Yu Zhongliang |
Gong Li | Pang Ruyi |
Kevin Lin | Pang Duanwu |
He Saifei | Yu Xiuyi (Zhongliang's Sister) |
Zhang Shi | Li Niangjiu |
Liankun Lin | Pang An |
Ko Hsiang-Ting | Elder Qi |
Patrick Tse Yin | Boss (as Xian Xie) |
Jie Zhou | The Woman of Zephyr Lane |
Zhou Yemang | Pang Zhengda |
Lei Ren | Yu Zhongliang (child) |
Ying Wang | Pang Ruyi (child) |