

The Great Magician
Genres
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?
Details
Budget
$15000000
Revenue
$0
Runtime
128 min
Release Date
2011-12-22
Status
Released
Original Language
Chinese
Vote Count
66
Vote Average
6.121
Tony Leung
Chang Hsien
Sean Lau
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
Morris Rong Xiang
Warlord
Lam Suet
Li Feng-jen
Kenya Sawada
Mitearai
Berg Ng Ting-Yip
Chang Hsien's Assistant
Wang Ziyi
Li Yi
Wang Ziwen
Li Chiao
Wang Xichao
Lei's Officer
Tian Miao
Lei's Wife
Zhan Yashu
Lei's Wife
Wang Qi
Lei's Wife
Wang Xuan
Lei's Wife
Xu Haipeng
Lei's Wife
Miura Kenichi
Taga Group's Director
Qu Jingjing
Taga Group's Female Assassin
Fan Shuran
Taga Group's Female Assassin
Zhao Weiqi
Taga Group's Male Lead
Masanobu Otsuka
Taga Group Member
Hu Ninglin
Taga Group Member
Liu Ziwei
Taga Group Member
Yin Hailong
Taga Group Member
Guo Hui
Taga Group Member
Zhang Dong
Butler Liu's Officer
Wang Jun
Butler Liu's Officer
Ma Jingjing
Zhang Xian's Associate
Guo Jiulong
Qin
Benz Kong To-Hoi
Warlord
Jamie Luk Kim-Ming
Warlord
Lau Ho-Leung
Warlord
Zhang Yilong
Executioner
Zhang You
Jailed Revolutionist
Yang Shulin
Tavern Owner
Tan Jianchang
Warden Ding
Guo Jiayi
Liu Di
Fortune Teller
Ying Yuan
Wang Shengkai
Zhao Yi
Ambrose Hui Siu-Yeung
Xinyi Wang
Xia Dejun
Revolutionist
Zhang Aiqin
Fuji Shou
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