| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (ca. 129 min.)) : sd., col. |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by Yee Tung-Shing. |
| Cast |
Liang Chaowei, Liu Qingyun, Zhou Xun, Yan Ni, Wu Gang, Lin Xue, Sawada Kenya. |
| Summary |
In the early 1920's, on the streets of Beijing, the nation's most talented performers have gathered to show off their most spectacular skills. The challenge is set: a handsome prize to whomever can reproduce a magic trick called the Eight Immortals' Treat. Zhang Xian (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) appears amidst the waiting crowd and decides to give it a try. So begins a legend of pure magic.Adapted from the Zhang Haifan novel, led by award-winning director Derek Yee and starring the three most powerful stars in Chinese cinema - Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Lau Ching-wan and Zhou Xun, an endearing spectacle of high-spirited action and fantasy. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Magicians -- China -- Drama.
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Magic -- China -- Drama.
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War -- Drama.
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China -- History -- Warlord period, 1916-1928 -- Drama.
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Zhang, Haifan -- Film adaptations.
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Chinese language materials
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| Genre |
Chinese language materials.
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| Added Author |
Er, Dongsheng, film director, screenwriter.
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Li, Jinwen, film producer.
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Luo, Xiaowen, film producer.
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Qin, Tiannan, 1949- screenwriter.
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Liu, Haoliang, screenwriter.
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Leung, Tony Chiu Wai, 1962- actor.
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Liu, Qingyun, 1964- actor.
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Zhou, Xun, 1976- actor.
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Yan, Ni, 1971- actor.
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Wu, Gang, 1958- actor.
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Lam, Suet, actor.
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Sawada, Kenya, 1965- actor.
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Kita, Nobuyasu, 1960- director of photography.
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Kuang, Zhiliang, editor of moving image work.
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Ko, Leon, 1973- composer (expression)
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Dong, Wei, 1954- choreographer (expression)
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Xi, Zhongwen, costume designer.
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Dai, Meiling, costume designer.
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Wu, Zhen, art director.
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Zhang, Haifan.
Da mo shu shi.
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Great magician |
| Note |
IMDb transliterated title: Daai mo seut si |
| Music No. |
MWT10088633 |
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