The Great Magician(2011)
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?
Movie: The Great Magician
Top 10 Billed Cast
Chang Hsien
Lei Bully
Liu Yin
Lei's Wife
Butler Liu
Captain Tsai
Liu Wan-yao
Chen Kuo
Warlord
Warlord
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