Temptress Moon
“What the heart hides, the moon reveals.”
DramaRomance
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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Opulent visuals and a languid pace evoke a decadent, dangerous Shanghai. It's a sensual, melancholic dive into obsession and forbidden desire, wrapped in lush, melodramatic storytelling.
opulentmelancholicsensualdangerousslow-burnperiod dramaarthouselush visualsmelodramaticobsessioncorruptionforbidden loveclass
shanghaichinablackmailopium1920s
