1988 · drama · opera-school · sammo-hung
Painted Faces
Directed by Alex Law Kai-Yui1h 48m1988
This is a story about the Peking Opera School that Jackie Chan, Samo Hung and Yuen Biao attended as young men. The story is about their teacher Master Yu and his school.
Our read: Painted Faces (1988) reads as a warm, steady, grounded drama · opera-school · sammo-hung entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, steady, measured drama / opera-school, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
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