{ "id": "epyfffezjq", "slug": "the-moon-also-rises", "title": "The Moon Also Rises", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": 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adapted from Li Ang's story 'Hsi-lien', starring Yang Kuei-mei, a 2004 Golden Horse Best Actress winner, distinct from Yuyan Wang's 2024 short of the same title.", "snippet": "The Moon Also Rises is Lin Cheng-sheng's 2005 Taiwanese melodrama (Chinese title meaning 'Under the Moonlight, I Remember'), adapted from Li Ang's story 'Hsi-lien', starring Yang Kuei-mei, a 2004 Golden Horse Best Actress winner, distinct from Yuyan Wang's 2024 short of the same title.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.crime-thriller-mystery.1990s-films.crime-dramas-and-gangster-films", "markdown": "# The Moon Also Rises\n\n**The Moon Also Rises** is the English release title of a 2005 Taiwanese family melodrama directed by Lin Cheng-sheng (林正盛), adapted from the short story \"Hsi-lien\" (西蓮) by the writer Li Ang, and running 113 minutes in Mandarin and Taiwanese (Hokkien).[1](https://www.tfai.org.tw/en/program/movieDetail/2c968082978c955401981194eba5010f) The Chinese title means \"Under the Moonlight, I Remember.\"[2](https://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/the-moon-also-rises-1200520707/) The film won Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 2004 Golden Horse Awards and was reviewed at the Pusan Film Festival in October 2005.[1](https://www.tfai.org.tw/en/program/movieDetail/2c968082978c955401981194eba5010f) • [2](https://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/the-moon-also-rises-1200520707/)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Identity | 2005 Taiwanese feature directed by Lin Cheng-sheng; 113 minutes; Mandarin and Taiwanese dialogue[1](https://www.tfai.org.tw/en/program/movieDetail/2c968082978c955401981194eba5010f) |\n| Source | Adapted from Li Ang's short story \"Hsi-lien\" (西蓮), relocated from Lugang to the Taitung coast[1](https://www.tfai.org.tw/en/program/movieDetail/2c968082978c955401981194eba5010f) |\n| Awards | Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay, 2004 Golden Horse Awards[1](https://www.tfai.org.tw/en/program/movieDetail/2c968082978c955401981194eba5010f) |\n| Festival | Reviewed at Pusan Film Festival (A Window on Asian Cinema), October 7, 2005[2](https://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/the-moon-also-rises-1200520707/) |\n| Setting | Early-1960s Taiwan during the White Terror period[2](https://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/the-moon-also-rises-1200520707/) |\n| Lead cast | Yang Kuei-mei, Shih Yi-nan, Lin Chia-yu, Chen Te-lieh[2](https://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/the-moon-also-rises-1200520707/) |\n| Restoration | TFAI restored DCP, catalog M2025_0809_49, rated PG-12[1](https://www.tfai.org.tw/en/program/movieDetail/2c968082978c955401981194eba5010f) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Plot and themes\n\nThe story follows Bao-cai, a divorced woman who returns with her daughter Hsi-lien to the family home in Taitung, on Taiwan's east coast, in the Dulan mountain area.[1](https://www.tfai.org.tw/en/program/movieDetail/2c968082978c955401981194eba5010f) Hsi-lien's romance with the teacher Zhu-cheng is carried on through letters that Bao-cai intercepts; reading them awakens her own suppressed desires.[1](https://www.tfai.org.tw/en/program/movieDetail/2c968082978c955401981194eba5010f) TFAI describes the adaptation as focusing on the desire and inner struggle of a middle-aged woman, with the story moved from Li Ang's original Lugang setting to the east coast.[1](https://www.tfai.org.tw/en/program/movieDetail/2c968082978c955401981194eba5010f)\n\nAllMovie's synopsis differs in detail, describing a village schoolteacher, Xi-lien, who plans to marry her cousin Jun-ming but must first overcome her mother's opposition, set in the mid-sixties.[5](https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-moon-also-rises-am103777) Variety adds a political dimension: the film is set during Taiwan's White Terror period, and Hsi-lien's father is revealed to be a longtime political prisoner, a subject Variety noted was still barely explored by Taiwan filmmakers.[2](https://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/the-moon-also-rises-1200520707/)\n\n## Identity and disambiguation\n\nThe best-documented film of this title is Lin Cheng-sheng's 2005 Taiwanese feature, identified by the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (TFAI), the national film archive, which holds a restored DCP of the film.[1](https://www.tfai.org.tw/en/program/movieDetail/2c968082978c955401981194eba5010f) Two unrelated works share the English title: a 2024 French short documentary by Yuyan Wang that premiered in Berlinale Shorts,[3](https://www.berlinale.de/en/2024/programme/202405426.html) and a 1992 American pornographic film directed by Stephen Lucas, classified in Quebec in February 1995.[4](https://repertoire.cinema.mcc.gouv.qc.ca/film/the-moon-also-rises-77920/) No 1990s crime drama of this title appears in the retrieved record; the 2005 melodrama is the subject of this article.\n\n## Production and credits\n\nLin Cheng-sheng directed and adapted the screenplay from Li Ang's story, and produced the film with Chiu Shun-ching; it was an O.G. Sun production released by Central Motion Picture Corp.[2](https://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/the-moon-also-rises-1200520707/) The principal cast comprises Yang Kuei-mei as Chen Pao-chai, Shih Yi-nan as Chu Cheng, Lin Chia-yu as Hsi-lien, and Chen Te-lieh as Chen Jun-ming, with Lin Chia-li and Chang Feng-feng in supporting roles; the dialogue mixes Hokkien, Mandarin, and Japanese.[2](https://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/the-moon-also-rises-1200520707/) Sound design was by Tu Duu-chih and cinematography by Yang Wei-han and Song Wen-zhong.[2](https://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/the-moon-also-rises-1200520707/)\n\n## Title and literary allusion\n\nThe English title is a translation rather than a literal rendering: Variety reports that the Chinese title means \"Under the Moonlight, I Remember.\"[2](https://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/the-moon-also-rises-1200520707/)\n\n## Reception and awards\n\nYang Kuei-mei won Best Actress at the December 2004 Golden Horse Awards, Taiwan's principal film honors, and the film also won Best Adapted Screenplay there.[1](https://www.tfai.org.tw/en/program/movieDetail/2c968082978c955401981194eba5010f) • [2](https://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/the-moon-also-rises-1200520707/) Variety reviewed the film at the Pusan Film Festival's A Window on Asian Cinema section on October 7, 2005.[2](https://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/the-moon-also-rises-1200520707/) Variety's verdict was mixed: it called the small-scale family drama impressive in its opening but judged that it \"jumps the rails\" in later stages with an excess of mannerisms and psychological implausibilities.[2](https://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/the-moon-also-rises-1200520707/)\n\n## By the numbers\n\nSources disagree on the runtime: TFAI and Variety both give 113 minutes,[1](https://www.tfai.org.tw/en/program/movieDetail/2c968082978c955401981194eba5010f) • [2](https://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/the-moon-also-rises-1200520707/) while AllMovie lists 105 minutes.[5](https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-moon-also-rises-am103777) AllMovie lists a release date of June 18, 2005, and a box office gross of $14,983 without specifying the market; both figures are single-sourced.[5](https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-moon-also-rises-am103777)\n\n## What has changed since 2023\n\nThe Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute has presented a restored version of the film, cataloged as M2025_0809_49 and rated PG-12, a listing that postdates November 2023.[1](https://www.tfai.org.tw/en/program/movieDetail/2c968082978c955401981194eba5010f) Separately, the English title gained a new bearer: Yuyan Wang's 2024 French short documentary, 24 minutes per the Berlinale catalog (23 minutes per its sales agent), about artificial moons and a retired couple, which screened in Berlinale Shorts in February 2024 and won Best Experimental at the KO:SH Film Fest in Albania in September 2025 after more than 25 festival selections.[3](https://www.berlinale.de/en/2024/programme/202405426.html) • [6](https://squareeyesfilm.com/shorts/the-moon-also-rises/)\n\n## References\n\n1. [The Moon Also Rises (Restored), Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute](https://www.tfai.org.tw/en/program/movieDetail/2c968082978c955401981194eba5010f)\n2. [The Moon Also Rises, Variety review (2005)](https://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/the-moon-also-rises-1200520707/)\n3. [The Moon Also Rises, Berlinale 2024 programme](https://www.berlinale.de/en/2024/programme/202405426.html)\n4. [The Moon also Rises, Répertoire des films classés, Québec](https://repertoire.cinema.mcc.gouv.qc.ca/film/the-moon-also-rises-77920/)\n5. [The Moon Also Rises (2005), AllMovie](https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-moon-also-rises-am103777)\n6. 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