Ahen senso
| Ahen Sensō | |
|---|---|
 Japanese film poster | |
| Kanji | 阿片戦爭 |
| Revised Hepburn | Ahen Sensō |
| 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 | |
Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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.
Cast
[edit]| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Ennosuke Ichikawa | Lin Zexu |
| Setsuko Hara | Ai Lang |
| Hideko Takamine | Rei Lang |
| Sugisaku Aoyama | Charles Elliot |
| Denmei Suzuki | George Elliot |
References
[edit]- ^ "Ahen senso" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2009. accessed 20 January 2009
- ^ "阿片戦争". www.jmdb.ne.jp. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Ahen senso at IMDb
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