Zheng Jun-li
Director
The Opium Wars (1959)
China 1839. Because the British imports of opium into Southern China are creating such widespread medical and economic problems, the weak Manchu emperor Tao Kuang is forced to take action that precipitates the 'Opium War'.
Keywords: tmdb.opium, imdb.19th-century, imdb.china, imdb.colonialism, imdb.historic-figure, imdb.first-opium-war, imdb.qing-dynasty + 5 more, imdb.corruption, imdb.canton, imdb.chinese, imdb.british-empire, imdb.drugs
Production Companies: Haiyan Film Studio
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Runtime: 103 min.
Released: Aug. 21, 1959
Status: Released
Certification: NR