The King of Masks Movie Review 1999

Wang (Xu) is an elderly street performer in 1930s China who practices the ancient art of face-changing with masks. Tradition has it that he pass his secrets to a male heir, which Wang doesn't have. So, he decides to purchase a boy child on the black market, only to later discover that his clever protege (Ren-ying) is actually a little girl. Chinese with subtitles.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 101 minutes.
Originally from Chinese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

China, Childhood Visions, Hard Knock Life, Great Depression, Growing Older, Stagestruck, Mistaken Identity

Screenplay

Wei Minglung

Cast

Zhu Xu, Zhou Ren-ying

Cinematography

Mu Dayuan

Director

Wu Tianming

Music

Zhao Jiping