'The King of Masks' impacts viewers enormously as it has all necessary ingredients to be an entertaining film.Apart from being a great visual document highlighting the importance of traditional opera in the lives of Chinese people,it doubles as a wonderful cultural tool which shows its usefulness to the traditional society by discussing the plight of the girl child.It must be noted that it is not only China but other Asian countries too which are affected by this social malaise.Chinese director Wu Tianming makes good use of his actors and different minor plots to suggest that a girl child is inferior to none as she is absolutely capable of doing all things which are done by men.Although 'The King of Masks' is set in China,the reach of its impact is universal as there are many countries like China where traditional art forms are dying due to non availability of young performers.The popularity of traditional Chinese art of mask making owes a lot to this film as it throws light on different sections of Chinese society who have multiple visages.It is here the usefulness of a mask comes into picture as it reveals a completely new facet of a person.