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The King of Masks (1995) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1995 · 102 mins · Chinese
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- Directed by
- Wu Tianming
- Starring
- Chen Li, Pan Hong, Zhu Xu, Jia Zhaoji, Zhao Zhi-Gang, Zhou Ren-Ying
An elderly street performer, Wang Bianlian – celebrated as the King of Masks for his unrivaled skill in Sichuan Change Art – lives a solitary life. Over three decades ago his wife abandoned him and their infant son; the child later died of illness at ten. Grief has turned Wang into a melancholy loner, yearning for a male heir to inherit and preserve his rare, fading art.
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