The King of Masks

(1995)

★ 7.4 IMDb · 65 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1995

Runtime: 102 мин

Country: China, Hong Kong

Director: Wu Tianming

Cast: Zhu Xu, Chow Yam-Ying, Chiu Liu-Kong, Cheung Shui-Yeung, Chen Li, Wong Siu-Kei, Dung Kin-Laam, Pan Hong, Tang Gao-Qi, Gao Yuchang

Plot

Wang Bianlian is an aging street performer known as the King of Mask for his mastery of Sichuan Change Art in a true story. His wife left him with and infant son over 30 years ago. The son died from illness at age 10. This left Wang a melancholy loner aching for a male descendent to learn his rare and dying art.