Tony Leung Chi-wai and Zhou Xun in "The Great Magician"
The Great Magician (2011) Chinese Movie Information
Title in Chinese – 大魔術師
Title in Pinyin – Da Mo Shu Shi
Genre – Drama and romance
Subject/theme – A magician confronts a warlord to win back his former fiancée
Language – Mandarin
Region – Hong Kong, China
Release date
China – 22nd December 2011
Hong Kong – 12th January 2012
Singapore – 12 January 2012
France – 18th May 2012
Movie runtime – 128 minutes
Director – Derek Yee
Cast & Role Played
Tony Leung Chiu-wai – Zhang Xian, master magician
Lao Ching-wan – Bully Lei, Warlord
Zhou Xun – Liu Yin, Zhang Xian’s ex fiancé
Alex Fong – Chen Guo
Wu Gang – Butler Liu
Yan Ni – Wife of Bully Lei
Daniel Wu – Captain Tsai
Story
The year is 1916 with the Qing Dynasty recently overthrown and China is being fought over by warlords. Zhang Xian is a master magician who has been honing his skills for 10 years and returns to Beijing to plot his revenge on the warlord Bully Lei by kidnapping him and rescue his ex fiancée Yin. Bully Lei kidnapped Yin years earlier before she could marry Zhang and has been trying to make her his wife with out success.
The story is further complicated when Bully Lei’s butler and right hand man is plotting with one of Bully’s wives against Bully and searching for a treasure called the Seven Wonders. Not to be out done the villainous Japanese are also on Zhang’s trail.