Painted Skin

  • Hong Kong Hua pi zhi: Yin yang fa wang (more)
Hong Kong / China, 1993, 95 min

Directed by:

King Hu

Based on:

Songling Pu (short story)

Screenplay:

Cheng Ah

Cinematography:

Stephen Poon

Composer:

Da-Jiang Wu
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Adam Cheng (Zu, Warriors From The Magic Mountain) and Joey Wang (A Chinese Ghost Story) star in this haunting romance horror fantasy, the last film directed by the legendary King Hu (Dragon Inn). Based on a famous ancient Chinese novella, Painted Skin is the story of Feng, a beautiful spirit trapped between Heaven and Hell, her entity controlled by the Demon King. Wandering the mortal world, Geng enlists the help of scholar Wang and a reclusive High Monk (Sammo Hung) to free herself from the King, who is now wreaking havoc on earth. (official distributor synopsis)

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