04 Jan 2017
The Magician's Assistant
After returning to the stage for the first time in 20 years, Daedalus the Magnificent tries to perform one last magic show, only to be assisted by someone unexpected.
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?
Top Billed Cast
梁朝偉 Chang Hsien
劉青雲 Lei Bully
周迅 Liu Yin
闫妮 Lei's Wife
吴刚 Butler Liu
吳彥祖 Captain Tsai
秦沛 Liu Wan-yao
方中信 Chen Kuo
谷德昭 Warlord
Morris Rong Xiang Warlord
林雪 Li Feng-jen
Kenya Sawada Mitearai
吳廷燁 Chang Hsien's Assistant
王紫逸 Li Yi
王子文 Li Chiao
汪汐潮 Lei's Officer
田淼 Lei's Wife
湛雅书 Lei's Wife
王棋 Lei's Wife
王璿 Lei's Wife
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