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The First Eastern Supernatural Movie from China
| Vicki Zhao Wei | as | “The righteously courageous and faithful wife” | Pei Rong |
| Donnie Yen | as | “The sentimental ghost-busting hero ” | Pang Yong |
| Chen Kun | as | “The utmost passionate warrior” | Wang Sheng |
| Zhou Xun | as | “The cloud-nine fox spirit” | Xiao Wei |
| Betty Sun Li | as | “The demon-catching heroine” | Xia Bing |
| Qi WuYu | as | “The flying desert chameleon spirit” | Xiao Yi |
| Chinese Title | ： | 畫皮 (Hua Pi; Wa Pei) |
| Length | ： | 103 minutes(118 minutes extended version) |
| Adapted From | ： | Strange Tales of "Liao Zhai" |
| Release Date | ： | 25/09/2008 China Malaysia Singapore, 01/10/2008 HK, 23/10/2008 Korea, 13/11/2008 Thailand, 05/12/2008 Taiwan, 03/2009 Japan |
| Filming Location | ： | YinChuan NingXia and Hengdian World Film Studio |
| Filming Period | ： | 21/11/2007 - 02/02/2008 |
| Genre | ： | Fantasy/Horror/Romance/Action |
| Tagline | ： | A Battle of Love and Hatred Between Man and Demon. |
| Director/Executive Producer | ： | Gordon Chan |
| Executive Producer | ： | Yang HongTao, Ren ZhongLun, Daniel Yun, Kathy Lan |
| Co-producers | ： | Wang RuoJun, Wang BiaoXia, Liu GuangWei, Wei Jian |
| Producer | ： | Li WenHua, Xu PengLe, Wang YunTian, Li JunQi, Huang QinFei |
| Executive Planner | ： | Ma Yue, Dong Li |
| Planner | ： | Kuang WenWei, Fu WenXia, Gao Jun |
| Production Designer | ： | Hsu LiKong, Zhen Jian |
| Co-directed | ： | Andy Chin, Danny Ko |
| Adapted Screenplay | ： | Lau Ho-leung, Abe Kwong, Gordon Chan |
| Cinematography | ： | Arthur Wong（HKSC） |
| Action Director | ： | Tung Wei |
| Costume Design | ： | Bobo Wu |
| Art Director | ： | Bill Lui |
| Art Instructor | ： | Liu JingPing |
| Editor | ： | Chan Ki-hop（HKSE） |
| Sound Designer | ： | Kinson Tsang |
| Visual Effects Supervisor | ： | Ng Yuen-fai, Stephen Ma |
| Music | ： | Ikuro Fujiwara |
| Production Manager | ： | Pang Hong, Xiao Kai |
| Production Company | ： | Ningxia Film Studio, Shanghai Film Group, Mediacorp Raintree Pictures, Golden Sun Films |
| In association with | ： | Dinglongda International Media, Eastern Mordor Entertainment, Salon Multimedia, Wuhan Hua Qi Film&TV, Beijing New Film Association, Shanghai Dong Fang, China Film Group, Hua Xia Film |
| International Distributor | ： | Eastern Mordor Film(HK) |
| Film Distributor Fund | ： | Eastern Mordor Entertainment |
| Filming Assistant | ： | Shandong ZiBo City ZiChuan District Government |
| Title Song | ： | "Hua Xin" (Painted Heart) by Jane Zhang |
Zhao Wei plays Wang’s humble wife Pei Rong – a seemingly weak and ordinary woman. However, in order to protect her husband, she fights like no other and embarks on a suicidal battle with the demons. Eventually her unwavering loyalty, love and devotion win over both demons and humans!
- [Painted Skin] Official Site
- [Painted Skin] Sina Special Feature page
- Malaysia's Official English Site
The story is adapted from the ancient Chinese classic “Ghost Stories”.
During the Chin and Han era, Commander Wang Sheng leads his troops in a raid on bandits in the desert, in the process he rescues a beautiful woman and brings her back with them. However, he has no idea that this woman (Xiao Wei) is in fact a fox spirit in human form. Xiao Wei needs a regular supply of human hearts to maintain her human form, and the tasks falls on her helper Xiao Yi – a desert chameleon who is also taken on human form and has the special ability to melt into his environment. To prove his love and devotion to Xiao Wei, he carries out a spate of murders in order to provide her with human hearts; this terrorizes the whole city.
Meanwhile Xiao Wei has fallen in love with Wang Sheng, after being impressed with his gallant attempt in rescuing her. She keeps trying to seduce Wang in an effort to steal him from his wife Pei Rong.
Pei Rong finds out about Xiao Wei’s feelings for her husband; she also discovers that Xiao Wei is not human, so she secretly approaches martial expert Pang Rong and demon catcher Xia Bing for help…
Subsequently a drama unfolds that delves into intricate emotions and relationships between man and demon, love and passion, loyalty and temptation, treachery and integrity, ending in a finale with a surprising twist.
- [03/10/2008] Vicki's Months of Cold Misery
- [17/09/2008] Zhao Wei: The hellcat-like "Big Wife" who is very courageous and wise
- [28/07/2008] Zhao Wei’s angry yell scares away the paparazzi
- "Cheerful treat" Zhao Wei preoccupied with loosing weight on the set of [Painted Skin] (excerpt)
- Exclusive: Screen personas for [Painted Skin]; Donnie Yen nearly injures himself catching a ghost during midnight
- Filming for [Painted Skin] commences in Hengdian; Donnie Yen is secretly in love with Zhao Wei (excerpts)
