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Painted Skin (1992) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1992 · 94 mins · Cantonese
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- Directed by
- King Hu
- Starring
- Wu Ma, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Yang Yi, Adam Cheng Siu-Chow, Lau Shun, Joey Wong Cho-Yin
A recently married man, prone to lustful day‑dreams, encounters a beautiful stranger who appears to need his assistance. Impulsively eager to rescue her, he imagines a passionate encounter, only to later discover that the alluring woman is in fact a ghost, shattering his fantasies and forcing him to confront a supernatural reality.
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