The Opium War

6.2

China

Drama War History

153 min

1997

Bao Guo-an 常学仁 Gu Lan Liu Zhongyuan Ko Hsiang-Ting 周传一 Debra Beaumont Rob Freeman Garrick Hagon Philip Jackson Emma Griffiths Malin Yuan Gao Simon Williams Hsin Shao Lung Sihung Liankun Lin Dominic Jephcott

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.