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The Great Magician
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Title: The Great Magician

Release Date: 22 Dec 2011

Runtime: 2h 8m

Genre: Drama, Mystery

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

Production Companies: Film Unlimited, Bona Entertainment, Bona Film Group, Bona International Film Group, Emperor Motion Pictures

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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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.1 (64 votes)

Cast

  • Zhang Xian: Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
  • General Bully Lei: Sean Lau Ching-Wan
  • Liu Yin: Zhou Xun
  • Liu Wan Yao: Paul Chun Pui
  • General Lei's Aide: Wang Xichao
  • General Lei's No. 3 Wife: Yan Ni
  • Tarou Mitearai: Kenya Sawada
  • Butler Liu Kun Shan: Wu Gang
  • Chen Kuo: Alex Fong Chung-Sun
  • Li Feng Jen: Lam Suet
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