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2026 · Drama · Mystery
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Film / 2011
The Great Magician
Directed by
Derek Yee Tung-Sing
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 …
The story
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?
Cast
Tony Leung Chiu-waiChang Hsien
Lau Ching-WanLei Bully
Zhou XunLiu Yin
Yan NiLei's Wife
Wu GangButler Liu
Daniel WuCaptain Tsai
Paul Chun PuiLiu Wan-yao
Alex Fong Chung-SunChen Kuo
Tsui HarkWarlord
Vincent Kok Tak-ChiuWarlord
Morris Rong XiangWarlord
Lam SuetLi Feng-jen
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Kenya SawadaMitearai
Berg Ng Ting-YipChang Hsien's Assistant
Wang ZiyiLi Yi
Wang ZiwenLi Chiao
Wang XichaoLei's Officer
Tian MiaoLei's Wife
Zhan YashuLei's Wife
Wang QiLei's Wife
Wang XuanLei's Wife
Xu HaipengLei's Wife
Miura KenichiTaga Group's Director
Qu JingjingTaga Group's Female Assassin
Fan ShuranTaga Group's Female Assassin
Zhao WeiqiTaga Group's Male Lead
Masanobu OtsukaTaga Group Member
Hu NinglinTaga Group Member
Liu ZiweiTaga Group Member
Yin HailongTaga Group Member
Guo HuiTaga Group Member
Zhang DongButler Liu's Officer
Wang JunButler Liu's Officer
Ma JingZhang Xian's Associate
Guo JiulongQin
Benz Kong To-HoiWarlord
Jamie Luk Kim-MingWarlord
Lau Ho-LeungWarlord
Zhang YilongExecutioner
Zhang YouJailed Revolutionist
Yang ShulinTavern Owner
Tan JianchangWarden Ding
Guo Jiayi
Liu DiFortune Teller
Ying Yuan
Wang Shengkai
Zhao Yi
Ambrose Hui
Xinyi Wang
Xia DejunRevolutionist
Zhang AiqinFuji Shou
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