Title | The Opium War |
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Original Title | Ya pian zhan zheng |
Year | 1997 |
Runtime | 2 Hour 33 Min |
Awards | Awards, 8 wins & 7 nominations |
Directors | Jin Xie |
Writers | Ann Hui, Mai Tianshu, Ni Zhen |
Stars | Guoan Bao, Liankun Lin, Sihung Lung |
IMDb Rating | 6.4 |
Keywords | colonialism, qing dynasty, year 1839, year 1840, year 1841 |
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Country | China |
Language | Mandarin, English |
Subtitles | English |
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 since the burned opium was the property of the British commercial attache who had bought it from the British merchants.
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