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Painted Skin(2008)
Status: Released
Date: 2008-09-25
60%
155 Votes
Time: 1h 43m
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.
Languages: Mandarin.
Countries:
China,
Hong Kong,
Singapore
ProductionCompanies: 
Golden Sun Films
Ningxia Film Studio
Movie: Painted Skin
Top 10 Billed Cast
甄子丹
Pang Yong
周迅
Xiao Wei
陈坤
Wang Sheng
趙薇
Pei Rong
孫儷
Xia Bing
Qi Yuwu
Xiao Yi / Lizard Demon
Jin Song
Gao Xiang
David Liang Kai-Di
Xia Huo Xiang
肖聪
Jing Ping
柳岩
Patroness
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