Painted Skin (TV series)
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| Traditional Chinese | 畫皮 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 画皮 | ||||||
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| Genre | Supernatural, fantasy, romance | ||||||
| Based on | Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio by Pu Songling | ||||||
| Screenplay by | 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 | Liu Chongyan | ||||||
| Country of origin | China | ||||||
| Original language | Mandarin | ||||||
| No. of episodes | 36 | ||||||
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| Executive producers | Xu Benben Dong Jun | ||||||
| Producers | Zhang Heyun Zhang Linlin | ||||||
| Production location | Hengdian World Studios | ||||||
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode | ||||||
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| Network | TVS4 | ||||||
| Release | 3 March 2011 | ||||||
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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.
A sequel series based on the second film, Painted Skin: The Resurrection, was broadcast in 2013.