The King of Masks (1996): An aging street performer known as the King of Mask for his mastery of Sichuan Change Art adopts a boy to carry on his tradition. A famous master performer of the Sichuan Opera offers to bring him into his act, thus giving Wang fame and possible fortune, but Wang opts for staying the simple street performer. (7.4)
Director: Tian-Ming Wu
Stars: Zhigang Zhang, Zhigang Zhao and Renying Zhou
Lang: Mandarin (Eng Subtitled)
The story brings to light the plight of girls in the Chinese culture (in the past). Though the movie is made in 1996, it depicts a period a while back. Wonder what the differences are in the cultural attitudes these days, now that there's a one-child policy enforced by the communist government. A rather simplistic story. My rating: 6.0
