Painted Skin (2008 film)

Painted Skin
Painted Skin
Directed by	Gordon Chan
Screenplay by	Gordan Chan; Abe Kwong; Lau Ho-leung
Based on	Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio; by Pu Songling
Produced by	Gordon Chan
Starring	Donnie Yen; Zhou Xun; Chen Kun; Zhao Wei; Sun Li
Cinematography	Arthur Wong
Edited by	Chan Ki-hop
Music by	Ikuro Fujiwara
Production; companies	Golden Sun Film Co., Ltd.; Golden Sun Films Holdings Ltd.; Mediacorp Raintree Pictures; Shanghai Film Group; Ning Xia Film Studio; Dinglongda (Beijing) International Culture Media Co., Ltd.; Eastern Mordor Film Co., Ltd.; Wuhan Huaqi Movies & TV Production Co., Ltd.; Beijing New Film Association Co., Ltd.
Distributed by	Eastern Mordor; Intercontinental Film Distributors (Hong Kong); Beijing Time (China)
Release dates	25 September 2008 (Hong Kong); 26 September 2008 (China);
Running time	115 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin
Budget	¥80 million
Box office	¥227 million

Painted Skin (Chinese: 畫皮) is a 2008 supernatural-fantasy film directed by Gordon Chan, starring Donnie Yen, Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, Zhao Wei, Sun Li and Qi Yuwu.^[1] Although the film is based partly on a supernatural premise, it is more of an action-romance than a horror film. Painted Skin is based, very loosely, on "The Painted Skin", a short story from the collection Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. The theme song of the film, Huà Xīn (畫心; Painted Heart), was performed by Jane Zhang.