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Dominican Rep. The Opium War
- Original title
- Yapian zhanzheng (The Opium War)
- Year
- 1997
- Running time
- 106 min.
- Country
China- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Bao Guoan
Lin Liankun- Su Min
Sihung Lung
Simon Williams
Bob Peck- Emma Griffiths Malin
Philip Jackson- Debra Beaumont
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production China-Japan;
- Genre
- Drama | 19th Century. Colonialism. Historical. Drugs
- Synopsis
- 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.
- Awards
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1997: Montréal World Film Festival: Official Selection
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