The Great Magician (2011)
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?
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Additional Info
| Budget | $15,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | zh |
| Popularity | 8.544 |
Directed By
Derek Yee Tung-Sing
Crew
Derek Yee Tung-Sing
Fei Wang
Leon Ko
Nobuyasu Kita
Mandy Law-Huang
W. Zhen
Eric Kwong Chi-Leung
Chun Tin-Nam
Derek Yee Tung-Sing
Lau Ho-Leung
TOP CAST
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
Zhang Xian
Sean Lau Ching-Wan
General Bully Lei
Zhou Xun
Liu Yin
Paul Chun Pui
Liu Wan Yao
Wang Xichao
General Lei's Aide
Yan Ni
General Lei's No. 3 Wife
Kenya Sawada
Tarou Mitearai
Wu Gang
Butler Liu Kun Shan
Alex Fong Chung-Sun
Chen Kuo
Lam Suet
Li Feng Jen
Wang Ziwen
Li Chiao
Daniel Wu
Captain Tsai
Tsui Hark
Warlord
Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu
Warlord
Ma Jingjing
Zhang Xian's Associate
Guo Jiulong
Qin
Morris Rong Xiang
Warlord
Benz Kong To-Hoi
Warlord
Jamie Luk Kim-Ming
Warlord
Lau Ho-Leung
Warlord
Zhang Yilong
Executioner
Zhang You
Captured Revolutionary
Yang Shulin
Tavern Owner
Zhang Aiqin
Fuji Shou
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