【China, Sichuan: A Drama of Love and Tears Depicting a Touching Encounter of Souls】An old performer with the "Bian Lian" technique, which allows him to instantly change his "faces." He travels China with a monkey, and his art is so admired that he is known as the "Bian Lian King." This Bian Lian technique is a tradition that can only be passed down to a male, and the lonely old performer buys a boy from a child trafficker. He showers the boy with affection as if he were his own son, but one day the old performer learns that the child is actually a girl. He is disappointed and casts her aside, but feeling sorry for the girl who has nowhere else to go, he keeps her as a servant. The girl is grateful and does her best to serve him. However, her devotion to the old performer leads him into a difficult situation... Set against the backdrop of a majestic river reminiscent of a landscape painting, this is a sad and poignant encounter between a lonely old performer and a young girl. The girl's selfless love transcends years of old traditions and history. This will move viewers and bring them to tears. This masterpiece is presented by Wu Tianming of "Old Well," featuring Zhu Xu of "The Child of the Earth." The director is Wu Tianming (Wu Tianming), who won the Grand Prix at the 2nd Tokyo International Film Festival for "Old Well," and this is his new work after 9 years. It won the Best Foreign Co-Production Film Award in China in '96 and received high praise at film festivals around the world, including the Best Director Award and Best Actor Award at the 9th Tokyo International Film Festival. He debuted in '82 with "The Unmarked River's Flow" and received the Minister of Culture Award. Later, as the director of Xi'an Film Studio, he gave young talents like Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou the freedom to make films, spreading Chinese cinema to the world and building a new era. After winning numerous awards for "Old Well" in '87, he learned that the Chinese government's crackdown on intellectuals and ideas was becoming stricter, so he went to the United States and returned to China in '94. Since then, Director Wu Tianming's masterpiece, breaking a 9-year silence, has been born. The lead actor, Zhu Xu (Zhu Xu), who plays the Bian Lian King, is a member of the Beijing People's Art Theatre since its founding and is a renowned actor who has appeared in numerous films, TV dramas, and stage plays. He gained sudden fame in Japan for his excellent performance as the adoptive father of a Japanese orphan in the '95 NHK drama "The Child of the Earth." Zhou Renying, who plays Ku Wa, the girl who is raised as a boy by the Bian Lian King, is a member of the Shaanxi Acrobatic Troupe and demonstrates her nimble skills in the film. Thank you for watching.