The King of Masks

Year: 1995

Runtime: 102 mins

Language: Chinese

Director: Wu Tianming

Drama

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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