Bian Lian

Jun 9 1995 N/A 1h 31m
Drama

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.

Official Trailer
Plot

In a remote area of China, in the 1930s, a street performer named Wang practices the change-mask opera art of bian lian. Seeking to pass his art, Wang buys what he believes to be an orphan boy, but quickly learns his new disciple'...

Written by

Wengui Chen, Minglun Wei

Directed by

Tian-Ming Wu

Cast

Xu Zhu, Renying Zhou, Zhigang Zhao

Crew

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Production Countries

Hong Kong, China

Production Companies

Shaw Brothers

Languages

Awards

21 wins & 5 nominations total

Trailers
KING OF MASKS - Official Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
3,596
Average Rating
7.7 out of 10
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