(Ghost Story of) The Bride with Painted Skin (2016)
4316DVD
original
Chinese title XIN BIAN ZHU HUAPI XINNIANG [New Ghost Story of
the Painted Bride]
director:
Mo Sali
starring: Ding Hui-Yu · Abby Yin · Liu Xiao Qi · Hao Ye · Chen Jia-Min
· Li Meng-Lu
Loosely
based on Painted Skin written by Pu Songling (see films
produced by Cathay Studios HAUNTED
and SPIRITS
based on his classic ghost stories), this chilling tale has been made
and remade numerous times over the past few decades, including King Hu's
original PAINTED
SKINin 1990 and Donnie Yen's version, also called PAINTED
SKIN, in 2008 (plus PAINTED
SKIN: MURAL and PAINTED
SKIN RESURRECTION).
This
is the first Mainland Chinese version of the story. Since Beijin's Ministry
of Civil Affairs forbids any film with 'Feudalistic Ideology' (including
"Spirit possession, witchcraft, etc."), the subject matter would've kept
the movie from being made until very recently. The government has now
relaxed its stance on censorship if the story is clearly based on a classic
Chinese source. That decision came with the release of Wilson Yip's 2011
remake of CHINESE
GHOST STORY and the Gillian Chung blockbuster FOX
LOVER (2013). But the officials can be [and
have been] whimsical and often such films are still banned.
Even
though this motion picture ran into censorship problems upon the initial
release, it finally managed to slip through the cracks. It went on to
enjoy major success, probably stoked by the government's attempt to ban
it. The film became one of China's top grossing movies in the Summer of
2016. Here is the story of Princess Nanyang, the reincarnation of a banshee,
who steals the souls of men after convincing them to make love with her.
A
Chinese film with Chinese and English subtitles; widescreen (16:9),
totally uncut version at 83 minutes, encoded for ALL REGIONS NTSC,
playable on any American machine. Extras include selected trailers.
Sexual
Situations/Violence/Sexual Brutality
for Mature Audiences
