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Ahen senso (1943)

Ahen senso poster
Original title
阿片戦争
Directed by
Masahiro Makino
Genre
war film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 55m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a Japanese film about the First Opium War. It shows the conflict between Britain and China.

black-and-whitewarhistoricalseriouspropagandisticnationalisticstraightforward

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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