Painted Skin(2008)

movie - first aired/released 2008-09-25 - 103 min - audience 6.0

Fantasy, Action, Drama

Directed by Gordon Chan

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.