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The King of Masks

The King of Masks

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 9, 1995

Runtime

1h 42m

Genres

Drama

User Score

74%

Original Title

变脸

Production Companies

Shaw Brothers

Director

Wu Tianming

Revenue

$1

Description

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.