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Painted Skin

Painted Skin is based on one of Pu Songling's classic short stories in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Zhou Xun stars as Xiao Wei, a fox spirit that feasts on human hearts in order to maintain her lovely, youthful appearance. When General Wang Sheng (Chen Kun) 'rescues' her from a band of bandits and brings her home, trouble brews as the demon falls in love with the general.

1h 43m2008TMDb 6.0

FantasyActionDrama

Chinese

Crew and Cast

Gordon ChanGordon ChanDirectorDonnie YenDonnie YenPang YongZhou XunZhou XunXiao WeiChen KunChen KunWang ShengZhao WeiZhao WeiPei RongSun LiSun LiXia BingQi YuwuQi YuwuXiao Yi · Lizard DemonJin SongJin SongGao Xiang
David Liang Kai-DiXia Huo XiangXiao CongXiao CongJing PingLiu YanLiu YanPatronessYeerjiang MahepushenYeerjiang MahepushenBandit chiefMichael Tan An-YeMichael Tan An-YeDa DaoQi YunpengQi YunpengMo ZhuiWen YangWen YangTong TouZhao ChangzhouZhao ChangzhouJing AnLi QilongLi QilongWu ZhaoQu DaleiQu DaleiDing YiHan ZhenhuaHan ZhenhuaFortune tellerJin LiangJin LiangWaiterDai XiaoyiDai XiaoyiYoung ladyQin PengfeiQin Pengfei
Fei Wang

Storyline

Painted Skin is based on one of Pu Songling's classic short stories in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Zhou Xun stars as Xiao Wei, a fox spirit that feasts on human hearts in order to maintain her lovely, youthful appearance. When General Wang Sheng (Chen Kun) 'rescues' her from a band of bandits and brings her home, trouble brews as the demon falls in love with the general.

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Info

Original title
画皮
Status
Released
Released
25 September 2008
Runtime
1h 43m
TMDB score
6.0 / 10 (174 votes)

Production

Director
Gordon Chan
Writers
Pu Songling, Abe Kwong Man-Wai, Lau Ho-Leung
Studios
Golden Sun Films, 宁夏电影制片厂, Shanghai Film Group
Countries
China, Hong Kong, Singapore

Box Office

Collection
Painted Skin Collection

Languages

Original
Chinese
Spoken
Mandarin