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Temptress Moon (1996)
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Synopsis
Chen Kaige
, the director of the international smash Farewell My Concubine, reunited that film's stars,
Gong Li
and
Leslie Cheung
, for this complexly layered, visually spectacular historical epic. Opening in 1911, shortly before the collapse of the Imperial government, Temptress Moon follows the wealthy and powerful Pang Family, whose patriarch is hopelessly addicted to opium, which he calls "the source of all inspiration." Zhengda (Zhou Yemang), Old Master Pang's oldest son, has married a woman named Xiuyi (He Saifei), and her younger brother Zhongliang is brought to live with the Pangs, where he earns his keep as a servant. Zhengda shares his father's dependence on opium, and Zhongliang's responsibilities include minding their pipes; Zhengda also forces Zhongliang to kiss Xiuyi in a shadowy incident that suggests an incestuous relationship. In time, Zhongliang grows to adulthood (now played by
Leslie Cheung
) and flees the Pang estate; he travels to Shanghai, where he becomes a gigolo, seducing women and stealing their valuables. After Old Master Pang dies and Zhengda's addiction to drugs renders him brain damaged, his sister Ruyi (
Gong Li
), who had been Zhongliang's playmate in childhood, is proclaimed the head of the household. Knowing of his connection to the Pang Family and long-ago friendship with Ruyi, Zhongliang is ordered by his bosses in the Shanghai underworld to return to the Pang estate, where he is to seduce her, gain control of the family's fortune, and then steal it from her. Like Farewell My Concubine, Temptress Moon proved to be controversial in its native China, due to its frank but unsensational depiction of sex and drug use. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Cast
Leslie Cheung
Yu Zhongliang
Gong Li
Pang Ruyi
Xie Tian
Boss
Chang Shi
Li Niangjiu
He Saifei
Yu Xiuyi
Kevin Lin
Pang Duanwu
Production Crew
Huang Qiagui
Art Director
Christopher Doyle
Cinematographer
Zhao Jiping
Composer (Music Score)
Chen Changmin
Costume Designer
William Chang
Costume Designer
Chen Kaige
Director
Pei Xiao-nan
Editor
Sunday Sun
Executive Producer
Zhang Jinzhen
First Assistant Director
Hsu Feng
Producer
Tong Cunlin
Producer
Shu Kei
Screenwriter
Wang Anyi
Screenwriter
Zhao Jiping
Songwriter
Lai Qizhen
Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1996
Runtime: 96
Country: Hong Kong
MPAA Rating: R
for some intense images of sexuality and opium use
Category: Feature
Genre
Drama
Produced by
Miramax
Tomson Films
© 2009 Spout LLC. Portions of content provided by All Movie Guide.