The Opium War
1997 · Movie · 106 min. · China
Historical Drama starting in 1839 in Guangzhou where British merchants dealing with opium are to be executed because the opium is destroying the Empire. After the burning of 20,000 boxes of opium by the Chinese England declares war, because the burned opium was the property of the British commercial attache who had bought it from the British merchants.
Direction Xie Jin
Cast Bao Guoan · Lin Liankun · Su Min · Sihung Lung · Simon Williams · Bob Peck · Emma Griffiths Malin · Philip Jackson · Debra Beaumont
Soundtrack Fuzai Jin · Huang Han Qi
Screenplay Ann Hui · Ni Zhen · Sujin Zhu · Fuxian Zong
Cinematography Yong Hou
Original title Yapian zhanzheng (The Opium War)
5.8
526 votes (FilmAffinity)
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