vennjoy.
EN
EnglishFrançaisEspañolDeutschItalianoPortuguêsNederlands
Join Vennjoy
← Back to discoveries
Painted Skin
Film / 2008

Painted Skin

Directed by Gordon Chan
FantasyActionDrama

★ 6.0/10Audience rating

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.

The story

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.

In the same saga

Painted Skin Collection

In release order

Cast

Donnie YenPang Yong Zhou XunXiao Wei Chen KunWang Sheng Zhao WeiPei Rong Sun LiXia Bing Qi YuwuXiao Yi / Lizard Demon Jin SongGao Xiang David Liang Kai-DiXia Huo Xiang Xiao CongJing Ping Liu YanPatroness Yeerjiang MahepushenBandit chief Michael Tan An-YeDa Dao
See more cast
Qi YunpengMo Zhui Wen YangTong Tou Zhao ChangzhouJing An Li QilongWu Zhao Qu DaleiDing Yi Han ZhenhuaFortune teller Jin LiangWaiter Dai XiaoyiYoung lady Qin Pengfei Fei Wang

More to discover

Share in the feed ↗
VENNJOY / Selected

A few ideas just for you

Suggestions based on the genres of your favourites. Keep exploring: your tastes are never a box.

Create an account to keep your collection across devices.

Save your discoveries