China Synopsis
大魔術師
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?
The 2010–2012 China Window
98 China films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Great Magician sits at position #52.
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The 2010s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Great Magician premiered. 515 total titles in this decade from China.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #657 of 946 China films indexed here (31st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.5 points below the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Drama productions specifically: #411 of 547 (top 75%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, Hong Kong |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Film Unlimited, Bona Entertainment, Bona Film Group, Bona International Film Group, JCE Movies |
| Runtime | 2h 8m |
| Release Date | December 22, 2011 |
| IMDb | tt1869721 |