China Painted Skin is a China–Hong Kong and Singapore co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
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Painted Skin is based on one of Pu Songling's classic short stories in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Zhou Xun stars as Xiao Wei, a fox spirit that feasts on human hearts in order to maintain her lovely, youthful appearance. When General Wang Sheng (Chen Kun) 'rescues' her from a band of bandits and brings her home, trouble brews as the demon falls in love with the general.
China × Hong Kong and Singapore Co-Production
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Fantasy + Action in China
90 China titles in our catalog blend the Fantasy and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Painted Skin itself).
The 2007–2009 China Window
Painted Skin holds position #43 of 63 China films in the 2007–2009 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in China, 142 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Painted Skin premiered alongside 16 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 16 other China films in 2008.
The 184th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
125 audience reviews — more than 79% of China films in our index.
Review volume (79th percentile) outruns trending popularity (53th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #750 of 946 China films indexed here (21st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.8 points below the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Fantasy productions specifically: #126 of 168 (top 75%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, Hong Kong, Singapore |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | Golden Sun Films, Ningxia Film Studio, Shanghai Film Group |
| Runtime | 1h 43m |
| Release Date | September 25, 2008 |
| IMDb | tt1055300 |