The King of Masks (1997)
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.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wu Tian-Ming
Actors: Chan Lee, Cheung Shui-Yeung, Chiu Liu-Kong, Chow Yam-Ying, Dung Kin-Laam, Poon Hung, Wong Siu-Kei, Zhu Xu
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