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The Magic Crane is a Hongkongais film of genre Fantasy directed by Benny Chan with Tony Leung Chiu-wai
The Magic Crane (1993)
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Add to a movie listThe Magic Crane is a 1993 Hong Kong wuxia film produced by Tsui Hark, directed by Benny Chan and starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Anita Mui and Rosamund Kwan based on the novel Xian He Shen Zhen by Wolong Sheng.
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Les clans du monde des arts martiaux se réunissent pour tenter de mettre en échec l'influence grandissante d'une nouvelle secte martiale avide de pouvoir. Le jeune Ma Kwun Mo, qui se rend à cette réunion avec son maître en tant que représentant de l'école la plus mineure qui soit, rencontre sur la route une mystérieuse jeune femme qui chevauche une grue géante.Actors
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
(Ma Kwun-Mo)
Anita Mui
(Pak Wan-Fai)
Rosamund Kwan
(Butterfly Lam)
Damian Lau
(Yat Yeung-Tze)
Lawrence Ng
(So Pang Hoi)
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