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The King of Masks is a film of genre Drama directed by Wu Tianming released in USA on 20 december 1997
The King of Masks (1995)
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Wang is The King of Masks, an aged street performer who practices the change-mask opera art of bian lian. He laments that he has no male heirs to carry on his mysterious and complicated art and trade. At an illegal child market, Wang buys what he believes to be an orphan boy to become his adopted grandson and apprentice.Comments
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