The King of Masks (1995)

Cast

Zhu Xu, Zhou Ren-Ying, Zhao Zhi-Gang, Zhang Rui-Yang, Chen Li

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.