# The Magician (2015)

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**Original title**: *조선마술사*
**Runtime**: 122 min
**Genres**: Drama, Romance, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Kim Dae-seung
**Written by**: Kim Dae-seung, Jo Jung-hwa
**Starring**: Yoo Seung-ho, Go Ara, Lee Kyung-young, Jo Yoon-hee, Kwak Do-won, Park Cheol-min

> *As I lay my eyeson you the magic begins*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Here's a film that wants to be both Crouching Tiger and Penn & Teller. A Joseon princess en route to an arranged marriage falls for a magician. It perhaps succeeds more on the Penn & Teller front.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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