Movie·1995·1h 42m
The King of Masks
Directed By
Wu Tianming
Country
China
Language
Mandarin
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The Story
Original title: 变脸
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.
Written By
Minglun Wei
Producer
Mona Fong Yat-Wah, Titus Ho
Cinematography
Mu Deyuan
Music
Zhao Jiping
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Zhu Xu
Wang Bianlian
Zhou Ren-Ying
Doggie
Zhao Zhi-Gang
Liang Sulan
Zhang Rui-Yang
Wen Tian Ci
Chen Li
Ms. Wen
Wong Siu-Kei
Slave Trader
Dung Kin-Laam
Ci's Wet Nurse
Pan Hong
Li Xiang
Tang Gao-Qi
General Liu
Gao Yuchang
Bureau Chief Huang
Tian Zhonghe
Wine Shop Boss
Jia Zhaoji
Slave Trader
// crew
Crew
Minglun Wei
Writer
Mona Fong Yat-Wah
Executive Producer
Titus Ho
Producer
Zhao Jiping
Original Music Composer
Wu Tianming
Director
Mu Deyuan
Director of Photography
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