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Temptress Moon (1996)
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Original name: 風月
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
stylized, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy, epic, erotic, atmospheric, sexy ...
Plot:
secret lover, marriage, addiction, love, revenge, violence, obsession, murder, revolution, passion, blackmail, sex crime, family relations, gangster, gang, parents and children, love and romance, life is a bitch, couples, society, rise and fall, siblings relations, haunted by the past, drug abuse, dishonesty ...
Time:
1920s, year 1996, 1910s, 20th century
Place:
china, asia, shanghai, japan, spain, hong kong, tokyo ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, sexy and stylized films with plots about love and romance, couples, love, death, couple relations, loneliness and runaway mostly in Drama, Romance and History genres. Some movies like Temptress Moon: Farewell My Concubine (1993), Zhou Yu's Train (2002), Damage (1992), Raise the Red Lantern (1991), Angels and Insects (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: China, Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: China, Hong Kong
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, melancholic, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Style:
visually stunning, cerebral, stylized, depressing, intense ...
Plot:
intrigue, teenage girl, feminism, passion, power struggle, tradition, jealousy, wealth, mistress, massage, polygamy, unrequited love ...
Time:
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Place:
china, east asia, tibet, asia, india
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Duration: 116 min.
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In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster invites an impoverished biologist, William Adamson, into his home. There, William tries to continue his work, but is distracted by Alabaster's seductive daughter, Eugenia. William and ...
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Plot:
incest, brother sister sex, sex with brother, brother sister incest, erection, male nudity, sex with sister, nudity, female pubic hair, sex, family secret, victorian england ...
Time:
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Place:
england, britain, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong, France, Netherlands
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
china, asia, shanghai
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58%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, China
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
china, shanghai, asia, tokyo
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57%
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Country: France, Japan, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
china, hong kong, asia, beijing china, north korea
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, erotic, erotic drama, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
56%
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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56%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Italy, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, erotic, anthology, sexual, stylized ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
china, asia, hong kong, italy
Similarity:
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, romantic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
blackmail, widow, marriage proposal, refugee, vacation, fall in love, destructive relationship, couples, false accusation, dishonesty, seduction, loveless marriage ...
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
china, shanghai, asia, tibet
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Story:
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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52%
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Country: Taiwan, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Plot:
couples, love and romance, love triangle, addiction, friendship, destructive relationship, couple relations, coming of age, lifestyle, life is a bitch, nightlife, infidelity ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: China
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
china, asia
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Country: Canada, UK, Italy
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Story:
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Style:
sexy, psychological, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, erotic, independent film, sexual, realistic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 374 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Story:
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51%
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Country: UK, Germany, USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
51%
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