The King of Masks
Jun 09 1995
•2h 42m
•Drama
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.
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Zhu Xu
Wang Bianlian
Zhou Ren-Ying
Doggie
Zhao Zhi-Gang
Liang Sulan
Zhang Rui-Yang
Wen Tian Ci
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