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.

Cast

Donnie Yen

Donnie Yen

as Pang Yong

Zhou Xun

Zhou Xun

as Xiao Wei

Chen Kun

Chen Kun

as Wang Sheng

Zhao Wei

Zhao Wei

as Pei Rong

Sun Li

Sun Li

as Xia Bing

Qi Yuwu

Qi Yuwu

as Xiao Yi / Lizard Demon

Jin Song

Jin Song

as Gao Xiang

David Liang Kai-Di

David Liang Kai-Di

as Xia Huo Xiang

Xiao Cong

Xiao Cong

as Jing Ping

Liu Yan

Liu Yan

as Patroness

Reviews

TheTenth

General Wang Sheng (Kun Shen) atacks a bandit camp and saves Xiaowei (Xun Zhou) who is a demon fox spirit that needs to feed on human hearts to keep her nice appearance. Wang Sheng brings her home and presents her to his wife Pei Rong (Vicky Zhao) that welcomes her and offers to keep her in her serv...

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