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A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.


In the years after the Revolution, China broken up into fiefdoms held by warlords, who are busy fighting each other. One warlord has imprisoned a girl and wants her to be his seventh wife, but he's too honorable to force her. The local revolutionaries wants to kill him and bring back the republic. But when a stranger returns from abroad with mastery of magic to recover the girl he loved, who is tricking whom and who will win at the end?

Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Chang Hsien

Sean Lau Ching-wan
Lei Bully

Zhou Xun
Liu Yin

Yan Ni
Lei's Wife

Wu Gang
Butler Liu

Daniel Wu
Captain Tsai

Paul Chun Pui
Liu Wan-yao

Alex Fong Chung-Sun
Chen Kuo

Tsui Hark
Warlord

Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu
Warlord
The Great Magician is a drama, mystery film released in 2011 exploring themes of 1920s, magician. Directed by Derek Yee, it stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Sean Lau Ching-wan, Zhou Xun. In the years after the Revolution, China broken up into fiefdoms held by warlords, who are busy fighting each other. One warlord has imprisoned a girl and wants her to be his seventh wife, but he's too honorable to force her. The local revolutionaries wants to kill him and bring back the republic. But when a stranger returns from abroad with mastery of magic to recover the girl he loved, who is tricking whom and who will win at the end?
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