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Painted Skin is a chinois film of genre Drama directed by Gordon Chan released in USA on 25 september 2008 with Donnie Yen
Painted Skin (2008)
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Add to a movie listPainted Skin is a 2008 supernatural-fantasy film directed by Gordon Chan, starring Donnie Yen, Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei, Betty Sun and Qi Yuwu. Although the film is based partly on a supernatural premise, it is more of an action-romance than a horror film. Painted Skin is based, very loosely, on one of Pu Songling's classic short stories in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. The theme song of the film, Huà Xīn (畫心; Painted Heart), was performed by Jane Zhang.
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The film is set sometime in the late Qin dynasty or early Han dynasty. In the desert, General Wang Sheng and his men attack a Xiongnu camp, where Wang chances upon a maiden called "Xiaowei" and brings her home. Xiaowei is actually a fox spirit who feasts on human hearts to maintain her lovely and youthful appearance. Trouble brews when Xiaowei falls in love with Wang, who already has a wife, Peirong.Actors
Donnie Yen
(Pang Yong)
周迅 (Zhou Xun)
(Xiao Wei)
Zhao Wei
(Peirong (佩蓉))
Chen Kun
(Wang Sheng)
Betty Sun
(Xia Bing)
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