China The King of Masks is a China–Hong Kong co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
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.
China × Hong Kong Co-Production
Other China×Hong Kong titles
Other Titles From Shaw Brothers
The 1994–1996 China Window
The King of Masks holds position #7 of 16 China films in the 1994–1996 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in China, 41 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The King of Masks premiered alongside 3 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 3 other China films in 1995.
The 55th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
46 audience reviews — more than 63% of China films in our index.
Review volume (63th percentile) outruns trending popularity (31th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #248 of 946 China films indexed here (74th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Drama productions specifically: #159 of 547 (top 29%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, Hong Kong |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | Shaw Brothers |
| Runtime | 1h 42m |
| Release Date | June 9, 1995 |
| IMDb | tt0115669 |