Painted Skin (2008 film)

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 (2008-09-25) (Hong Kong) 26 September 2008 (2008-09-26) (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.