The King of Masks

The King of Masks simplified Chinese traditional Chinese pinyin Bin Lin is a 1996 Chinese film directed by Wu Tianming.

However, Wang soon learns his new disciple is in fact a girl. As tradition dictates that he cannot pass his art onto a girl, he tries to abandon her, but she stubbornly stays with him. He later calls her doggie and has her refer to him as boss. He then begins to train her to be a flexible contortionist street performer. While looking at his masks, she accidentally sets his humble residence on fire. Out of guilt, she runs away. She is then captured by two men and held in a room with a boy to be sold later. Doggie helps the boy escape and takes him to Wang to have as a grandson.Then, Wang is falsely accused of kidnapping the boy, a rich familys child, and is thrown in jail. Doggie goes to one of his friends, a famous performer in the local opera, threatening to kill herself if he or any of his guests, including a local military general, are unable to help Wang. The King of Masks is eventually freed, and he finally accepts the girl as his granddaughter and teaches her his art. ........

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