The King of Masks

Jun 9, 1995

1h 42m

★ 7.4

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shaw Brothers

The King of Masks Trailers

Cast

Wang Bianlian

Zhu Xu

Doggie

Zhou Ren-Ying

Liang Sulan

Zhao Zhi-Gang

Wen Tian Ci

Zhang Rui-Yang

Ms. Wen

Chen Li

Slave Trader

Wong Siu-Kei

Ci's Wet Nurse

Dung Kin-Laam

Li Xiang

Pan Hong

General Liu

Tang Gao-Qi

Bureau Chief Huang

Gao Yuchang

Wine Shop Boss

Tian Zhonghe

Slave Trader

Jia Zhaoji

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