Directed by:
Tung-shing YeeCinematography:
北信康Composer:
Leon KoCast:
Tony Chiu-wai Leung, Xun Zhou, Sean Lau, Ni Yan, Suet Lam, Alex Fong, Hark Tsui, Paul Chun, Ho-Leung Lau, Berg Ng, Nick Zy, Kong To-Hoi, Kenya Sawada (more)VOD (1)
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In 1916, China was in turmoil with warlords battling against each other and Japanese conspirators lurking in the dark. One day, a mysterious man named Zhang Xian (Tony Leung) takes the capital city by storm with his mesmerizing magic tricks. He soon catches the attention of ruthless warlord Commander Lei (Lau Ching Wan), who is eager to please his seventh wife Liu Yin (Zhou Xun) by taking her to see Zhang's performance. Unbeknownst to Lei, his favorite concubine was once the fiancée of Zhang, and approaching him to earn his trust is just the first step in the vengeful illusionist's secret agenda... (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Tony Chiu-wai Leung
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Red Cliff: Part II (2009)
Red Cliff (2008)
Hard Boiled (1992)
Xun Zhou
China
Best movies:
Cloud Atlas (2012)
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Sean Lau
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Lost in Time (2003)
Police Story 2 (1988)
Running Out of Time (1999)
Ni Yan
China
Best movies:
Our Shining Days (2017)
Cow (2009)
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Suet Lam
China
Best movies:
Election 2 (2006)
The Legend Is Born - Ip Man (2010)
Running Out of Time (1999)
Alex Fong
Macau
Best movies:
Angel II (1988)
One Nite in Mongkok (2004)
Overheard (2009)
Hark Tsui
Vietnam
Best movies:
Dangerous Encounters: 1st Kind (1980)
Aces Go Places II (1983)
A Better Tomorrow (1986)
Paul Chun
China
Best movies:
Lost in Time (2003)
Fight Back to School (1991)
A Simple Life (2011)
Ho-Leung Lau
Best movies:
Warriors of Future (2022)
Berg Ng
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Infernal Affairs (2002)
Eye in the Sky (2007)
2046 (2004)
Nick Zy
China
Best movies:
Mountain Cry (2015)
Drug War (2012)
The Bullet Vanishes (2012)
Kong To-Hoi
Best movies:
The Victim (1980)
Monkey Kung Fu (1979)
Fallen Angels (1995)
Kenya Sawada
Japan
Best movies:
Devils on the Doorstep (2000)
The Legend Is Born - Ip Man (2010)
Shinjuku Incident (2009)
Kwok-leung Ching
Best movies:
Fist of Legend (1994)
Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
Exodus (2007)
You Zhang
China
Best movies:
Love in Disguise (2010)
The Warlords (2007)
True Legend (2010)
Jingjing Qu
China
Best movies:
Birth of the Dragon (2016)
Time Raiders (2016)
The Wandering Earth (2019)
Jingjing Ma
China
Best movies:
Red Cliff: Part II (2009)
Fearless (2006)
Sword Master (2016)
Gang Wu
China
Best movies:
The Bullet Vanishes (2012)
The Message (2009)
Forever Enthralled (2008)
Xichao Wang
China
Best movies:
The Warlords (2007)
Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013)
Dejun Xia
China