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The Opium War (1997)
Directed by Xie Jin
Overview
The story of the Opium War between China, in the waning days of the Qing Dynasty, and the British Empire, in the 1830s, and the subsequent takeover of Hong Kong by Britain; through the eyes of the key figures, fiercely nationalistic Lin Zexu, and opportunistic British naval diplomat Charles Elliot.
Length 153 minutes
Actors
Debra Beaumont | Simon Williams | Bao Guoan | Oliver Cotton | Nigel Davenport | Rob Freeman | Emma Griffiths Malin | Garrick Hagon | Hua Jiang | Philip Jackson | Dominic Jephcott | Ko Hsiang-Ting | Liankun Lin | Bob Peck | Gao Yuan | Li Jie