Ahen Sensō
Japanese film poster
Kanji阿片戦爭
Revised HepburnAhen Sensō
Directed byMasahiro Makino
Written byHideo Oguni
Akira Kurosawa (uncredited)
Produced byToho
StarringEnnosuke Ichikawa
Setsuko Hara
Hideko Takamine
Sugisaku Aoyama
CinematographyJōji Obara
Eiji Tsuburaya (Special Effects)
Music byRyoichi Hattori
Release date
  • January 14, 1943 (1943-01-14)[1][2]
Running time
115 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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

Actor Role
Ennosuke Ichikawa Lin Zexu
Setsuko Hara Ai Lang
Hideko Takamine Rei Lang
Sugisaku Aoyama Charles Elliot
Denmei Suzuki George Elliot

References

  1. ^ "Ahen senso" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2009. accessed 20 January 2009
  2. ^ "阿片戦争". www.jmdb.ne.jp. Retrieved 20 January 2009.

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External links


Films directed by Masahiro Makino
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