Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Age rating
- 15
- Language
- Chinese
- Country
- China, Hong Kong SAR China, Singapore
- Violence
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In Chinese — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- fox spirit
- 3rd century
- han dynasty
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Sun Li — Xia Bing
- Qi Yuwu — Xiao Yi / Lizard Demon
- Jin Song — Gao Xiang
- David Liang Kai-Di — Xia Huo Xiang
- Xiao Cong — Jing Ping
- Liu Yan — Patroness
- Yeerjiang Mahepushen — Bandit chief
- Michael Tan An-Ye — Da Dao
- Qi Yunpeng — Mo Zhui
- Wen Yang — Tong Tou
- Zhao Changzhou — Jing An
- Directed
- Gordon Chan
- Written
- Abe Kwong Man-Wai, Lau Ho-Leung, Gordon Chan
Production
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 · 169 ratings
- Studio
- Golden Sun Films, Ningxia Film Studio, Shanghai Film Group
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
