About 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.
Movie details
- Release date
- 2008-09-25
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Action, Drama
- Rating
- 6.0/10 (166 votes)
- Language
- ZH
- Country
- China, Hong Kong, Singapore
- Director
- Gordon Chan
- Writers
- Gordon Chan, Abe Kwong Man-Wai, Lau Ho-Leung
Cast
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