
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (2009)
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Collection
Part of Painted Skin Collection
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Arthur Wong
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Pu SonglingNovel
- Gordon ChanWriter
- Abe Kwong Man-WaiWriter
- Lau Ho-LeungWriter
- Original title
- 画皮
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 25, 2008
- Original language
- Mandarin
- Countries
- China, Hong Kong, Singapore
- Collection
- Painted Skin Collection







































