辛亥革命成功后，正义都督蔡松坡被袁世凯软禁，蔡为免受迫害，佯作诗酒风流，整日与名妓小凤仙泡在一起。副官求见蔡，遇上武文渊，两人不打不相识，并共商营救蔡出城之策，惟他们的行踪已为袁世凯之侦缉处长所知……
画皮师是随天地而生的古老职业，历代画皮师仅凭一只神奇的画笔行走世间，可为人重塑筋骨，易容改貌。 这一代的画皮师方祭本该在几十年前死去，却因他师父以命相救而活了下来，在经历了“不老”的数十年后，方祭仿佛是被“画皮师”三字禁锢了的人，他试图挣脱“画皮师”的枷锁，却最终无法割舍自己背负的责任。画皮师自古以来都遵循着古训，一师一徒秘传着画皮的法术。方祭的徒弟穆一骞乐观、直率且阳光是机关术方面的天才。他曾是京城内有名的富家少爷，在遇到画皮师后穆一骞抛弃了过去的浮华生活，跟着方祭云游四方。
Charles Burnett, one of America's most highly regarded independent filmmakers, wrote and directed this domestic drama about a black middle-class family living in South central Los Angeles. However, there are no gangs, no guns, no drugs but instead a lyrical story that draws on folklore and the supernatural. family tensions are already simmering when Harry (Danny Glover) arrives...
