Ahen senso
| Ahen senso | |
|---|---|
 Japanese film poster | |
| Directed by | Masahiro Makino |
| Written by | Hideo Oguni Akira Kurosawa (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Toho |
| Starring | Ennosuke Ichikawa Setsuko Hara Hideko Takamine Sugisaku Aoyama |
| Cinematography | Jōji Obara Eiji Tsuburaya (Special Effects) |
| Music by | Ryoichi Hattori |
Release date |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Ahen senso (阿片戦争) (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.
Cast
- Ennosuke Ichikawa as Lin Zexu
- Setsuko Hara as Ai Lang
- Hideko Takamine as Rei Lang
- Sugisaku Aoyama as Charles Elliot
- Denmei Suzuki as George Elliot
References
- ^ Template:Jp icon http://www.fjmovie.com/tposter/40-1/ahensenso.htm accessed 20 January 2009
- ^ http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1943/bs000070.htm accessed 20 January 2009
Bibliography
- Desser, David (1995). "From the Opium War to the Pacific War: Japanese Propaganda Films of World War II". Film History (7): 32–48.
- Washitani, Hana. "The Opium War and the cinema wars: a Hollywood in the greater East Asian co-prosperity sphere." Inter-Asia Cultural Studies 4.1 (2003). Pp. 63-76.
External links
- Ahen senso at IMDb
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