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The Great Magician

The Great Magician

20116.12h 8m

Overview

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?

Directed by Derek Yee
Written by Chun Tin-Nam, Derek Yee, Lau Ho-Leung
Produced by Mandy Law-Huang, Shi Nansun
Box OfficeBudget: $15.0M0

Top Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Chang Hsien

Sean Lau Ching-wan

Sean Lau Ching-wan

Lei Bully

Zhou Xun

Zhou Xun

Liu Yin

Yan Ni

Yan Ni

Lei's Wife

Wu Gang

Wu Gang

Butler Liu

Daniel Wu

Daniel Wu

Captain Tsai

Paul Chun Pui

Paul Chun Pui

Liu Wan-yao

Alex Fong Chung-Sun

Alex Fong Chung-Sun

Chen Kuo

Tsui Hark

Tsui Hark

Warlord

Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu

Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu

Warlord

Themes & Keywords

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About The Great Magician

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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