Painted Skin is based, very loosely, on The Painted Skin, a short story from the Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. In Chinese folktales, fox demon is famous for seducing young boys and girls. Although the film is based partly on a supernatural premise, it is more of an action-romance than a horror film. After tripping over and falling on top of the fox demon, Xia Kui comes into the possession of the spirit pearl and plans to sell it on her Taobao shop as a fake antique item. Directed by Wuershan. With Xun Zhou, Wei Zhao, Kun Chen, Tingjia Chen. Painted Skin (Chinese: 畫皮) is a 2008 supernatural-fantasy film directed by Gordon Chan, starring Donnie Yen, Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei, Sun Li and Qi Yuwu. An ancient fox spirit embarks on a diabolical quest to become human after escaping an icy prison, and becomes bound to a disfigured princess who seeks the love of a noble guard as her kingdom crumbles in this lavish supernatural epic. White Snake (simplified Chinese: 白蛇：缘起; traditional Chinese: 白蛇：緣起; pinyin: Báishé: Yuánqǐ; Wade–Giles: Pai 2 shê 2: Yüan 2 ch'ih 3 lit. It would not be easy to turn this tome into into a coherent and well-scripted drama with an … Scholar Ning Caichen journeys through a small town to join a national exam. Her name wasn't revealed in the movie, and in an interview of Light Chaser Animation, she was simply called "宝青坊主" (Owner of Precious Jade), so it's likely that Light Chaser Animation didn't give her a name after all. The movie was first announced in July 2011 and was released on February 10, 2013 in China. The Fox Demon Romance Movie. However local villagers guide him to a ghostly Orchid Temple. I finally got around to watching Investiture of the Gods 封神演义 starring Wang Likun, Luo Jin and Deng Lun, and it’s a fantasy fest of absurdity complete with falling meteors, a premonition and a semi-incestuous love story. The actors are so totally blended with their characters that is impossible to tell that they are acting: this is great for full immersion into a movie where the rest of the world disappears. Investiture of the Gods is one of my less favorite Chinese classics because it is a lengthy, chaotic collection of Chinese myths and anecdotes involving gods and demons. The acting is impeccable as usual (to be honest, I still have to find "bad" acting in Chinese TV series). Confined to a frozen cell for centuries, malevolent fox spirit Xiaowei (Xun Zhou) … One of the most infamous fox spirits in Chinese mythology was Daji (妲己), who is portrayed in the Ming shenmo novel Fengshen Yanyi. Synopsis: 2021 New Ghost Movie 《A Chinese Ghost Story: The Fox Demon 狐妖传1聂小倩》is about a love story between ghost Nie Xiaoqian and scholar Ning Caichen. The fox is mistaken for a Samoyed and sent to the vet while the spirit pearl falls into the hands of the young woman who recklessly barged in. The fox spirits encountered in tales and legends are usually females and appear as young, beautiful women. 降魔篇) is a 2013 fantasy comedy film co-written and produced by Stephen Chow and co-directed by Chow and Derek Kwok. An honest scholarly meets Nie Xiaoqian, a woman who is possessed by a