Temptress Moon

What is opium...

Ruyi, my daughter?

Opium is the source

of all inspiration.

TEMPTRESS MOON:

PANG FAMI LY ESTATE

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- Produced by:

Tong Cunlin, Hsu Feng

Leslie Cheung, Gong Li

Kevin Lin, He Saifei

Original Story:

Chen Kaige, Wang Anyi

Screenplay:
Shu Kei

Director of Photography:

Christopher Doyle

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- Art Director:
Huang Qiagui

Sound Recording:
Lai Qizhen

Music by:
Zhao Jiping

Production Supervisor:

Jade Hsu

Assistant Director:

Zhang Jinzhan

Editor:
Pei Ziaonan

- Directed by:
Chen Kaige

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Zhongliang, I live here

with my husband Zhengda.

Brought your school books?

- Yes, sister.

- Zhengda says...

you can prepare his opium

when you're not busy studying.

- My luck is terrible today!

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- Nothing but bad hands!

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- You're doing quite well,

if you ask me!

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- Sixty thousand.

- That does it!

Ruyi! Stop it!

Your father's going

to spank you!

Ruyi! Ruyi!

Ruyi, do as I say!

Do as I say!

Look at her!

Ruyi! Ruyi!

You're not allowed in there!

Elder Qi, it's true,

the Emperor has abdicated.

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Duanwu, catch her!

Pang An!

This is an outrage!

A girl in the ancestral hall!

Even if the Emperor has

abdicated! It's unthinkable!

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- A girl in the ancestral hall!

1911 XI NGHAI REVOLUTION

Uncle An!

Can Miss Ruyi come out

and play later?

Master doesn't want her

coming out at all.

- SEVERAL YEARS LATER

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The Jing family

are all bastards!

How dare they break off

the engagement with Ruyi!

Just because the Emperor

abdicated doesn't mean they can

insult us like this!

They say our young miss

has smoked opium

since she was a baby.

They say she is poison.

Bullshit!

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We study day and night...

to learn what's wrong and right.

Brother, I'm too heavy for you.

Put me down.

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Brother-in-law.

Opium is a wonderful thing.

How can I put it?

Opium.

How can anyone describe it?

Yes, it is poison.

Just like this arsenic.

But me...

it's made me strong.

No poison could kill me.

Zhongliang.

Kiss your sister.

Why don't you kiss her?

Come here.

Come on. Kiss sister!

Never mind.

Run along to bed.

Go now.

Zhongliang!

Give your sister a kiss.

Kiss her!

Go on.

I'll teach you to be a man.

SIX MONTHS LATER

Zhongliang!

Zhengda wants his opium pipe!

Zhongliang.

Zhengda's waiting.

Is this the train to Peking?

Is this the train to Peking?

Thief!

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- SHANGHAI, 1920s

Zhongliang.

- Hmm!

- I've won.

Let me kiss you.

Oh!

Ladies and gentlemen,

please enjoy your evening.

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So, you'd like a kiss?

Would you?

Don't make a sound.

Not one sound.

Now, Mrs. Liu, who's going

to phone your husband?

You or us?

I don't understand!

So, you want me to call?

- Zhongliang!

- Zhongliang is dead!

How much money do you want?

Hey, Mister!

Spare some change?

Zhongliang.

You called for me?

Zhongliang.

Do you want me?

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You sure there's nothing

I can do for you ladies?

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- PANG FAMI LY ESTATE

Ancestral Hall

I've gathered you here...

because old master Pang

has passed away.

His eldest son Zhengda should

become the new family head.

But ten years ago, he was

stricken with a sudden illness.

And he has seen no one since.

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- Few people knew

of his condition.

But now,

with the old master gone...

it's time to face facts.

Quiet in the hall!

Ask Master Zhengda to enter.

l, Pang An,

kowtow to our ancestors

on Zhengda's behalf.

Zhengda's mind

has been destroyed.

He cannot speak.

He cannot do anything, in fact.

But as long as he's alive,

he is Master...

of the Pang family.

Zhengda is too ill...

to manage family affairs.

Old master also had

a daughter, Ruyi.

Please, Elder Qi,

speak for us.

Very well.

Zhengda, shall we ask Miss Ruyi

to look after family affairs?

Master Zhengda

heartily approves.

Call her in then.

Because Ruyi is a girl...

she'll be a bit weak.

- I've conferred

with the other elders...

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and we've decided to ask

a male cousin to help her out.

Pang Duanwu!

Pang Duanwu!

We've chosen Duanwu.

He is a Pang.

But he's not a direct heir.

No! Not this way!

That way!

A closer relative

might have personal ambitions...

but not a distant cousin.

He has nothing to gain

and everything to lose.

Hurry. Hurry and kowtow

to your cousin.

Duanwu is Ruyi's cousin, but

he may call her elder sister.

Elder sister.

- Boss.

- Sorry you had to wait.

- Had a bath?

- Yes, I like to have a good

soak whenever I can.

You haven't come by in a while.

Ready to leave the nest?

Your sister's father-in-law,

old master Pang, is dead.

I want you to go

visit your sister.

And then you can bring Pang's

daughter, Ruyi, to Shanghai...

for a nice little vacation.

Leave the rest to us.

Boss, please...

don't send me there.

HEAVENLY LANE:

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- It's only me.

Hold me.

I need to go home early...

to make dinner

for my husband.

Zhongliang.

Do you love me?

Sorry.

I shouldn't have asked.

Take some cash.

Put it on our tab at the club.

Thanks, Boss.

No need to see me out.

Don't worry, Boss.

Zhongliang.

You've been working on

that woman a long time, no?

- Which one?

- The one in Heavenly Lane.

Her husband's out of town.

We can't move on her.

Maybe you're

getting too involved.

From this moment,

young miss...

you are the head

of the Pang family.

l, Pang An,

formally pay my respects.

Ruyi...

your father's and brother's

concubines are...

Sit down, Duanwu.

Miss, the concubines

are all clamoring...

for their monthly stipends.

Our accounts are behind...

because of

your father's funeral.

Give them their money

and ask them to leave.

- Pardon?

- They're not needed.

So, the family hasn't chosen

a wife for you yet?

No.

When my father was alive...

they arranged a marriage for me.

But the other family

broke it off...

because I smoke opium.

Ruyi listens to reason, yes?

Yes, I do.

Will Ruyi listen to Elder Qi?

Yes.

Please sit down, Elder Qi.

Ruyi. This matter deserves

careful consideration.

These women served

old and young master.

If we throw them out on the

street, people will laugh at us.

Elder Qi...

we're not

leaving them destitute.

This house is no place

for women.

There's nothing for them here.

Better to let them go

for their own good.

All right then!

Did you hear that?

How can you speak

that way to an elder?

Old master's only

been gone a few days!

What do you say, Duanwu?

I stand by elder sister.

What?

Did everyone hear that?

There are no more real men

in this family!

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Was I wrong

to send the women away?

Those concubines lived here

for many years.

They had a good life

with father and brother.

Now it's over...

and they're gone.

As for me...

I have to stay here.

I was born here.

I grew up here.

I'll die here.

What are you doing here?

Get out of here!

After what you did!

You shouldn't be here!

Go away!

Stop it!

Sister.

See that Zhongliang

gets settled...

in rooms near mine.

Studying in Peking has made you

quite a gentleman.

Last time I saw you,

you were only this high!

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