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The Great Magician

2011 · 128 min

A playful, twisty spectacle of illusions and power games, blending romance and intrigue with theatrical flair.

Genres
Drama, Mystery
Overview
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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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • power
  • betrayal
  • deception
  • identity
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour6
Realism4
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama, mystery
Directed by
Derek Yee Tung-Sing
Written by
Chun Tin-Nam, Derek Yee Tung-Sing, Lau Ho-leung
Starring
Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Lau Ching-wan, Zhou Xun, Yan Ni, Wu Gang, Daniel Wu, Paul Chun Pui, Alex Fong Chung-sun
Music
Leon Ko
Cinematography
Nobuyasu Kita
Runtime
128 min
Country
China, Hong Kong
Languages
Japanese, Mandarin

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