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The Opium War (鸦片战争) is a 1997 Chinese historical epic film directed by Xie Jin. The winner of the 1997 Golden Rooster and 1998 Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Picture, the film was screened in several international film festivals, notably Cannes and Montreal .
War depictions in film and television include documentaries, TV mini-series, and drama serials depicting aspects of historical wars, the films included here are films set in the period from 1775 or at the beginning of the Age of Revolution and until various Empires hit roadblock in 1914, after lengthy arms race for several years.
Xie Jin (Chinese: 谢晋; 21 November 1923 – 18 October 2008) was a Chinese film director. He rose to prominence in 1957, directing the film Woman Basketball Player No. 5, and is considered one of the Third Generation directors of China. Most recently he was known for the direction of The Opium War (1997).
Opium War(s) or The Opium War(s) may also refer to: 1967 Opium War, conflict between marooned elements of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) and the Kingdom of Laos; The Opium War, a 1997 Chinese film about the First Opium War or about the collective two wars in China; Opium War, a 2008 Afghan film about opium farming and conflict in ...
Ahen senso (阿片戦爭) (or 阿片戰争) aka The Opium War is a 1943 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Masahiro Makino. " Ahen senso " in Japan refers to the First Opium War . The story of the film concerns this war.
The Chinese Opium Wars. London: Hutchinson. ISBN 978-0-09-122730-2. Fay, Peter Ward (1975). The Opium War, 1840–1842: Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by Which They Forced Her Gates Ajar. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-1243-3. Gelber, H. (2004).
Films about opium, dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum. Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid morphine , which is processed chemically to produce heroin and other synthetic opioids for medicinal use and for the illegal drug trade .
War Drama: 1995: Dupe od mramora Marble Ass: Želimir Žilnik: Aleksandar Brujić, Vjeran Miladinović: Comedy, Drama, War Entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival: Paket aranžman. Package arrangement. Ivan Stefanović, Dejan Zečević, Srdan Golubović: Milica Mihajlović, Boris Milivojević: Comedy Omnibus Podzemlje ...