The Great Magician

The Great Magician

2011•2h 8m•6.1/10

DramaMystery

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.1/10(69)

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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Production

Film Unlimited, Bona Entertainment, Bona Film Group, Bona International Film Group, Emperor Motion Pictures

Language

ZH

Status

Released

Release Date

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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

Morris Rong Xiang

Morris Rong Xiang

Warlord

Lam Suet

Lam Suet

Li Feng-jen

Kenya Sawada

Kenya Sawada

Mitearai

Berg Ng Ting-Yip

Berg Ng Ting-Yip

Chang Hsien's Assistant

Wang Ziyi

Wang Ziyi

Li Yi

Wang Ziwen

Wang Ziwen

Li Chiao

Wang Xichao

Wang Xichao

Lei's Officer

Tian Miao

Tian Miao

Lei's Wife

Zhan Yashu

Zhan Yashu

Lei's Wife

Wang Qi

Wang Qi

Lei's Wife

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