Painted Skin (TV series)

Painted Skin
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Genre	Supernatural, fantasy, romance
Written by	Pu Songling (original story) Lau Ho-leung
Directed by	Danny Ko
Presented by	Wang Maoliang Ma Runsheng
Starring	Fiona Sit Tammy Chen Gui Gui Li Zonghan Ling Xiaosu Yang Mi Law Kar-ying Qi Yuwu Dong Yijin Xin Zhilei
Opening theme	Wei Ai (唯愛; Only Love) performed by Fiona Sit and Hinson Chou
Composer(s)	Liu Chongyan
Country of origin	China
Original language(s)	Mandarin
No. of episodes	36
Production
Executive producer(s)	Xu Benben Dong Jun
Producer(s)	Zhang Heyun Zhang Linlin
Production location(s)	Hengdian World Studios
Running time	45 minutes per episode
Production company(s)	1. China International Television Corporation 2. Shenzhen Broadcasting Film and Television Corporation 3. China Broadcasting Film and Television Programme Trading Centre 4. First Media Shareholding Limited 5. Guangzhou Fenglian Film Culture Broadcasting Limited
Release
Original network	Mainland China: 1. TVS4 2. ZJTV 3. Shenzhen Satellite TV Other countries: 1. GTV (Taiwan)
First shown in	3 March 2011 (TVS4)
Original release	11 March 2011 (ZJTV) 2 April 2011 (Shenzhen Satellite TV) 26 July 2011 (GTV)

Painted Skin
Traditional Chinese	畫皮
Simplified Chinese	画皮
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huà Pí

Painted Skin is a Chinese television series adapted from the 2008 film of the same title, which, in turn, is loosely based on a classic short story in Pu Songling's Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. It was first broadcast on TVS4 on 3 March 2011 in mainland China.

Cast

• Fiona Sit as Xiaowei / Xuxu
• Chen Yi-rong as Peirong
• Gui Gui as Xia Bing
• Li Zonghan as Pang Yong
• Ling Xiaosu as Wang Sheng
• Yang Mi as Xiaohong
• Law Kar-ying as Xia Yingfeng
• Qi Yuwu as Long Yun
• Dong Yijin as Xiaoyi
• Xin Zhilei as Susu
• Jiang Tianyang as Ye Yi
• Zhao Yi as Sha Luo
• Hai Bo as Wang Chengzhou
• Hinson Chou as Yu Zhi
• Han Zhenhua as Chen Huichuan
• Zhang Jin as Yuan Ren
• Lou Yajiang as Yang Gang
• Liu Chenxia as Peirong's mother

Production

The production team of the 2008 film Painted Skin, including its director and producer Gordon Chan, were involved in the planning and production of this television series. Chan mentioned that the television series would not be a repetition of the film, as the script used for the film would be revised, and more focus would be placed on the relationships between the main characters Xiaowei, Wang Sheng, Peirong, Pang Yong and Xia Bing. Shooting began on 8 September 2010 in Beijing and wrapped up in December.

External links

• (Chinese) Painted Skin official page on Sina.com