Temptress Moon (C-Movie) (1996)

With the 1920s backdrop, the film is based on the story of Zhongliang (Leslie Cheung) an orphan boy who goes to live with his old sister and addicted husband Pang Zhengda (Yemang Zhou). Zhengda is the heir to the Pang estate.

His stay at the Pang estate involved Zhongliang being forced to prepare opium pipes for Zhengda and to take part in incestuous activities with his sister. Zhongliang escapes from the Pang estate to Shanghai and become involved with the “boss” (Xie Tian). The chief task that has been assigned to Zhongliang had been to lure rich and innocent wives to blackmail them.

On the other hand Zhengda becomes brain dead leaving his sister Ruyi (Gong Li) as the head of the family and the heir to the estate. Ruyi with the help of cousin Duanwu begins to change the old tradition in the family. When the “boss” learns of Ruyi, he sends Zhongliang to lure Ruyi for her wealth. However, Zhongliang discovers he is falling in love with Ruyi and fails to accomplish his designated task. Ruyi through her interaction with Zhongliang longs to have a life of liberation and adopt the ways of urban Chinese in Shanghai.