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.

• DirectorGordon Chan
• Release25 September 2008
• Genre
  Fantasy / Action
• Duration1h 43m
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  5.981
  154 reviews
• Productions

  Golden Sun Films, Ningxia Film Studio, Shanghai Film Group