Chinese Traditional Magic

Details

 * Title: 大戏法 / Da Xi Fa
 * English title: Chinese Traditional Magic
 * Genre: Period drama, magic
 * Episodes: 40
 * Broadcast network: CCTV-8
 * Broadcast period: 2012-Jan-01 to 2012-Jan-08
 * Air time: 19:00 (5 episodes nightly)
 * Theme song: Ai Tai Nan (爱太难) To Love is Too Difficult by Sun Nan

Synopsis
Toward the end of the Qing dynasty, thousands of years of traditional Chinese magic had developed into 3 main factions. Japanese magicians infiltrated in Tianjin used murder and bribery to incite conflict among these factions in order to obtain a magic repository that had been circulating for over a millennium.

Cast

 * Wei Zi as Shen Wan Kui
 * Yu Shao Qun as Gao Lai Bao (Mo Wu Xing) and Geng Jie (Mo Xi Sheng)
 * Stephy Tang as Shen Xin Ping
 * Zhang Hong Rui as Situ Kun
 * Lu Chen as Situ Jin
 * Shibuya Tenma (涩谷天马) as Wu Teng Zhang
 * Huang Meng as Qi San
 * Liu Wen Zhi (刘文治) as Master Chu
 * Shi Xiao Man as Master Jin
 * Bian Xiao Xiao (边潇潇) as Zheng Yu Min
 * Zhao Cong (赵聪) as Song Fei Yan
 * Ma Wen Long as Bao Qi
 * Jia Yan Long (贾延龙) as Bao Yan
 * Jiang Jian (江健) as Bao Ming
 * Sun Cong (孙聪) as Bao Rong
 * Wang Sheng Wei (王胜纬) as Bao Ru
 * Yu Yan Kai (于彦凯) as Master Cao
 * Wu Qing Zhe (吴庆哲) as Chu Ping
 * Huang Juan as Qiao Lian
 * Li Si Bo (李思博) as Mao Tou
 * Volker Helfrich (福乐克) as Joseph
 * Chi Guo Dong (迟国栋) as Hou Qi Xuan
 * Li Guang Xu (李广旭) as Sun Mian
 * Zhou Xiang (周翔) as Niu Wen Quan
 * Liu Xue Fang (刘雪芳) as Lao Tai Tai (Elderly Lady)
 * Wang Zhi Gang (王志刚) as Proprietor Lan
 * Xu Chun Xue (徐纯学) as Xu Shao Ying
 * Liu Bo (刘波) as Zhang Ha Ma
 * Li Hua (李婳) as Xiao Feng Xian
 * Chen Zhi Hui as Mo Er (Mo Wu Xing's father)
 * Du Ning Lin (杜宁林) as female brothel keeper
 * Ji Mei Chen (计美臣) as Tu Chun
 * Wang Qing Chao (王庆超) as Matsuki
 * Jin Xin (金鑫) as Song Jin Yan
 * Fan Lei (梵磊) as Peter Roth
 * Yu Qun (于群) as Uncle Tian
 * Sun Xiu Da (孙修大) as Dr. Xue
 * Zhao Hao Ting (赵浩廷) as Wang Zhi Yong
 * Guan Shao Wei (关绍伟) as Qing Dao Ren
 * Li Jia Jia (李佳佳) as Xiao Ting
 * Er Long (二龙) as little John
 * Sui Ju Xiang (睢距翔) as Zhang Ze Chun
 * Zhu Guan Yang (朱冠阳) as Zhao Jin Ming
 * Fu Wei Wei (付炜炜) as Xu Xiao Fei
 * Wang Yi Tong (王艺潼) as Luo Lan

Production Credits

 * Original writing: Novel Da Xi Fa (大戏法) by Bu Xi Zhou (不系舟)
 * Screenwriters: Gao Man Tang, Zhou Yi Feng (周义丰), Wang Zhi Yong (﹑王志勇)
 * Producer: Chen Dong Dong (陈冬冬)
 * Executive producer: Chen Bo (陈波)
 * Directors: Chung Siu Hung (钟少雄), Wang Fei (王飞), Wang Shuo (王硕)
 * Directors of magic: Louis Liu (刘谦), Chen Kuan Lin (陈冠霖), Kobayashi·Kohei (小林浩平)