A roving ghost spirit controlled by Ying Yang the Evil paints her face in the guise of a concubine. Her spirit can only be released by a ghostbusting monk who comes to her rescue.
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Title: Painted Skin (1992)
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Li-hua Chang | ||
| Adam Cheng | ... | Wang Hsi-Tzu (as Cheng Shao-Chiu) | |
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Ting Chou | ||
| Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | ... | High Monk | |
| Ching-Ying Lam | ... | Purple Taoist | |
| Shun Lau | ... | Zhang Daoling | |
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Sheng-yuan Li | ||
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Shugui Lu | ||
| Joey Wang | ... | You Feng | |
| Wu Ma | ... | Zhang's Senior | |
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Yi Yang | ||
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A roving ghost spirit controlled by Ying Yang the Evil paints her face in the guise of a concubine. Her spirit can only be released by a ghostbusting monk who comes to her rescue.
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18 August 1993 (Hong Kong) See more »Also Known As:
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King Hu's take on the old Liaozhai tale of The Painted Skin is merely OK. I expected much from the great Hu as his previous film were never anything less than greatness. Thia film feels a tad more dated then his other films.One can;t help but compare it to his similarly themed "Touch of Zen", and this movie suffers because of that. Adam Cheng is good in the role of Wang Hsi-Tzu, a young scholar having a bad luck day and befriending a ghost. Sammo Hung is excellent as always (well in his non-US movies at least) as a high monk that Wang comes across. And it still remains a film worth watching, it just pales to everything Hu had made in the past.
My Grade: C+
DVD Extras: Trailers for "Running out of Time", "Dragon Inn", "Armageddon", and "the Duel"