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?
- Genre: Drama, Mystery
- Studio: Film Unlimited, Bona Entertainment, Bona Film Group, Bona International Film Group, Emperor Motion Pictures
- Keyword: 1920s, magician
- Cast: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Sean Lau Ching-Wan, Zhou Xun, Paul Chun Pui, Wang Xichao, Yan Ni