The Opium War
1943 · Movie · 115 min. · Japan
Two British brothers who are making money for their homeland are meeting buyers for opium in China. There is a police force to counter the dealers, but is not only ineffectual, but also corrupt and dealing in narcotics itself. Confronting the situation the government assigns an incognito bureaucrat to the issue. He confronts and arrests the police, but the bulk of the drugs is with the Britons.
Direction Masahiro Makino
Cast Ennosuke Ichikawa · Seizaburô Kawazu · Setsuko Hara · Hideko Takamine · Denmei Suzuki · Sugisaku Aoyama · Kenzô Asada · Kotaro Bando · Shoji Kiyokawa · Yoshio Kosugi · Sadao Maruyama · Eitarô Shindô · Ichiro Sugai · Reisaburo Yamamoto
Soundtrack Ryôichi Hattori
Screenplay Hideo Oguni · Keiji Matsuzaki
Cinematography Joji Ohara
Original title Ahen senso
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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