Kim Mina, who was a very highly popular singer who won the hearts of many fans, got into a car accident when her car swerved to avoid an oncoming vehicle. The car, which fell into a ditch, exploded and caused Mina to suffer second, third and fourth-degree burns on her body.
Meanwhile, Joon Suh, Mina's manager, happened to find Suryon who had almost the same look as Mina. Joon Suh, for the sake of shaking off Mina from the music industry as her skin has suffered serious and irreparable damages, initially asked Suryon to take the place of Mina for a short period of time. Suryon, on the other hand, agreed to the proposal as she badly needed money for her mother's surgical fees and her brother's scholarship money. Through a though series of training from Joon Suh, Suryon became a near-perfect replica of Mina.
However, Suryon fell in love with Tae-Hoon. Meanwhile, the real Mina had returned but was unable to restore her original appearance, making Joon-suh reject her from singing again as Mina. However, things start to get nasty when Mina pursued the case to reveal her true identity on television and convincing Joon-suh again and again. This caused Suryon's family to know about her status, and as Mina pursued to find out the case further, both Jun Suh and Suryon felt that they were threatened. After Mina sent photographs of Suryon with a black hair with some unknown people, Tae Hoon pursued to find out the case. At the same time, Mina felt threatened.
Mina went to Suryon's house to find out their true identity. Mina found out that Suryon was her twin. Depressed, Mina went to the church to seek for spiritual help, after she went to the Christian orphanage where they were born.
Finally, the truth was out. Suryon, suffering from severe peer pressure while Tae Hoon was pursuing the case, quarreled with Mina over Tae Hoon. She sought to Tae Hoon for forgiveness and love, but Tae Hoon rejected because he realised that both Joon Suh and Suryon were setting up a trap against him and also to prevent Mina from coming back.
Depressed, Suryon attempted to commit suicide. Thankfully, Joon Suh stopped her in time and told her to prepare her final performance as Mina.
At last, the day of performance came. As the performance was going on, a light suddenly dropped down and was about to land on her. As he pushed her off, Joon Suh got crushed and sustained severe head injuries. He was sent to a hospital and was in a coma for several days. Joon-suh managed to regain consciousness and was able to sit upright briefly, but suffered blurred vision, due to head injuries, days before his death. Joon Suh's friends, in particular Suryon, were bereaved upon his death.
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Painted Skin is based on one of Pu Songling's classic short stories in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Zhou Xun stars as Xiao Wei, a fox spirit (huli jing) that feasts on human hearts in order to maintain her lovely, youthful appearance. When General Wang Sheng (Chen Kun) 'rescues' her from a band of bandits and brings her home, trouble brews as the demon falls in love with the general, who is married to Pei Rong (Zhao Wei).
