1996· 102 min
King of Masks, The (Bian Lian)
Drama
7.4 / 10TMDB Score
Summary
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.
Director: Wu Tianming
Cast: Zhu Xu, Zhou Ren-Ying, Zhao Zhi-Gang, Zhang Rui-Yang, Chen Li
Tags
1900s20th centuryacrobatadoptionapprenticeshipartistboatbuddhismcarnivalchild selling
