Portrait of Pu Songling

Writing

Pu Songling

Career

Active from 1936 to 2024, with a break from 1976 to 1995, busiest in 2016 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score74/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Touch of Zen
A Touch of Zen
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Pu Songling Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.4, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.0, average 2.2
  • Satire & Parody
    0.2, average 2.3
  • Situational Comedy
    0.6, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Chinese Folklore 3
  • Supernatural Romance 3
  • Visual Spectacle 3
  • Fox Spirit 2
  • Historical Fantasy 2
  • Supernatural 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Moral Fables 2
  • Mythical Creatures 2
  • Chinese Folklore Adaptation 2
  • Period Drama 2
  • Ghost Stories 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

26
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

9 titles ยท average score 72
Curious Tales of a Temple
Curious Tales of a Temple (2025)
GoodWatch score 72

Book

Nie Xiaoqian
Nie Xiaoqian (2024)

Original Story, Writer

Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: Pupil's Language
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: Pupil's Language (2024)

Original Story

Kun in the Distant Ocean
Kun in the Distant Ocean (2024)

Novel

Painted Skin
Painted Skin (2020)

Creator

The Beauty Skin
The Beauty Skin (2020)

Original Story

The Eye of The Dragon Princess
The Eye of The Dragon Princess (2020)

Original Story

Mermaid Bound
Mermaid Bound (2020)

Original Story

Lich Hand to Destroy Flower
Lich Hand to Destroy Flower (2020)

Original Story

2010s

3 titles
Strange Reports
Strange Reports (2016)

Story

The Old Man and the Pears
The Old Man and the Pears (2016)

Writer

The Fox Lover
The Fox Lover (2013)

Writer

2000s

1 title ยท average score 61
Painted Skin
Painted Skin (2008)
GoodWatch score 61

Novel

1990s

2 titles
Dragonflies and Coliaths
Dragonflies and Coliaths (1998)

Book

Princess Lotus
Princess Lotus (1992)

Original Story

1970s

3 titles ยท average score 88
Ghost Under the Cold Moonlight
Ghost Under the Cold Moonlight (1975)

Story

A Touch of Zen
A Touch of Zen (1970)
GoodWatch score 88

Novel

Four Moods
Four Moods (1970)

Screenplay

1960s

4 titles
The Spirits
The Spirits (1969)

Story

The Enchanted Chamber
The Enchanted Chamber (1968)

Story

The Haunted
The Haunted (1967)

Writer

Fairy, Ghost, Vixen
Fairy, Ghost, Vixen (1965)

Book

1950s

2 titles
A Shoe
A Shoe (1959)

Original Series Creator

Henpecked Husband
Henpecked Husband (1957)

Writer, Novel

1940s

1 title
Waste Not Our Youth
Waste Not Our Youth (1948)

Writer

1930s

1 title
My Friend, the Ghost
My Friend, the Ghost (1936)

Writer