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Movie · 1996

The King of Masks

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  • Melancholy

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Release
1996
Runtime
102 min

Synopsis

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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