Release Date | 1997-06-09 |
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Runtime | 153 minutes |
Genres | Drama, War, History |
Stars | Debra Beaumont, Simon Williams, Bao Guo-an, Oliver Cotton, Nigel Davenport |
Directors | Xie Jin, Hou Yong, Peizhen Hou, Xianchun Zhang, Zhu Shibin |
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.