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The Great Magician
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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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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Genre:Drama, Mystery
Written By:Derek Yee Tung-Sing, Chun Tin-Nam, Lau Ho-Leung
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Runtime:128 minutes
Studio:Film Unlimited, Bona Entertainment, Bona Film Group, Bona International Film Group, Emperor Motion Pictures
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