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25 September 2008 (Hong Kong) morePlot:
An action-thriller centered on a vampire-like woman who eats the skins and hearts of her lovers. | full synopsisAwards:
5 wins & 7 nominations moreUser Comments:
Painted Skin more (11 total)Cast
(Credited cast) | Donnie Yen | ... | Pang Yong |
 | Xun Zhou | ... | Xiao Wei |
| Kun Chen | ... | Wang Sheng |
 | Wei Zhao | ... | Chen Peirong |
| Betty Sun | ... | Xia Bin (as Li Sun) |
| Yuwu Qi | ... | Xiao Yi |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| David Leong | ... | Xia Hou Xiang |
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South Korea:103 minColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreFun Stuff
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Hong Kong's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign-Language Film category. moreFAQ
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I recently saw this at the 2009 Palm Springs International Film Festival. I didn't know quite what to expect of it but being Hong Kong's official entry to the 81st Acadmy Awards I thought it may be of some value. This film is adapted from the 300 year old classic ghost story of Song Ling Pu and is a combination of historical romance, supernatural and martial arts from director Gordon Chan who also wrote the screenplay along with Abe Kwong and Lau Ho Leung with action scenes directed by Wei Tung. Yong (Donnie Yen) is China's best warrior. His former love Peirong (Wei Zhao) is now married to Wang Sheng (Ken Chen) the commander of the armies. In a raid on desert bandits the beautiful Xiao Wei is taken into the armies custody and she takes a liking to Wang Sheng but Peirong stands in her way. Mysterious grizzly deaths start happening and soon Xia-Bing (Betty Sun) a tough female hunter of demons shows up. Xiao Yi (David Leong) is the mysterious supernatural companion to the beautiful but deadly Xiao Wei. This is an entertaining story and makes for a great debut film for director Chan. Great cinematography from Arthur Wong and a great visual setting from the art department of art director bill Liv and production designer Chung Man Yee. A co-production of Hong Kong with China and Singapore it's a little drawn out but worth seeing. I would give it a 7.5 and recommend it.