The Great Magician

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Movie: The Great Magician
Chinese: 大魔術師 (Daai Mo Seut Si)
Director: Tung-Shing Yee
Writer: Tin Nam Chun, Ho Leung Lau, Tung-Shing Yee
Producer: Henry Fong, Mandy Law-Huang, Peggy Lee, Albert Yeung
Cinematographer: Nobuyasu Kita
Release Date: January 12, 2012 (China/Hong Kong)
Runtime: 120 min.
Language: Mandarin
Country: China, Hong Kong

Plot

Set in 1916, local warlord Lei Danju (Lau Ching-Wan) enlists the help of a magician named Zhang Xian to gain the affections of his 7th concubine Liu Yin (Zhou Xun). Lei Danju is unaware that his concubine Liu Yin was once the fiance of magician Zhang Xian (Tony Leung Chiu Wai), before he left her to study overseas. Now, magician Zhang Xian attempts to pull off his greatest trick yet ...

Cast



Tony Leung Chiu Wai	Lau Ching-Wan	Zhou Xun
Zhang Xian	Lei Daniu	Liu Yin

Additional Cast Members:

Paul Chun - Liu Wanyao
Gang Wu - Kunshan
Yan Ni - 3rd wife
Ziwen Wang
Lam Suet
Alex Fong
Berg Ng
Tsui Hark - warlord (cameo)
Vincent Kok - warlord (cameo)
Daniel Wu - soldier (cameo)

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2012 (14th) Udine Far East Film - April 20-April 28, 2012 *Italian Premiere
2012 (15th) Shanghai International Film Festival - June 16-24, 2012 - Most Focused Chines Films
2012 (11th) Asian Film Festival of Dallas - July 12-19, 2012 *North American Premiere
2012 (45th) Sitges Film Festival - October 4-14, 2012 - Casa Àsia
2013 (23rd) Focus on Asia-Fukuoka International Film Festival - September 13-23, 2013 - Special Program-Hong Kong Cinema

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Dog Mar 21 2012 11:13 pm This movie really sucks.

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