{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox film | name = Ahen Sensō | native_name = {{Infobox Japanese|hide=no|header=none|kanji=阿片戦爭|revhep=Ahen Sensō}} | image = Ahen senso poster.jpg | caption = Japanese film poster | director = Masahiro Makino | producer = Toho | writer = Hideo Oguni<br />Akira Kurosawa (uncredited) | starring = Ennosuke Ichikawa<br />Setsuko Hara<br />Hideko Takamine<br />Sugisaku Aoyama | music = Ryoichi Hattori | cinematography = Jōji Obara<br />Eiji Tsuburaya (Special Effects) | editing = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1943|1|14|ref1=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fjmovie.com/tposter/40-1/ahensenso.htm |title= Ahen senso |accessdate=2009-01-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122203438/http://fjmovie.com/tposter/40-1/ahensenso.htm |archivedate=2009-01-22 |language=ja}} accessed 20 January 2009</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1943/bs000070.htm |title=阿片戦争 |website=www.jmdb.ne.jp |access-date=20 January 2009}}</ref>}} | runtime = 115 minutes | country = Japan | language = Japanese | budget = }} {{nihongo|'''''Ahen senso'''''|阿片戦爭}} (or {{lang|ja|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 == {| class="wikitable" |+ !Actor !Role |- |Ennosuke Ichikawa |Lin Zexu |- |Setsuko Hara |Ai Lang |- |Hideko Takamine |Rei Lang |- |Sugisaku Aoyama |Charles Elliot |- |Denmei Suzuki |George Elliot |}

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * {{cite journal|last=Desser|first=David|title=From the Opium War to the Pacific War: Japanese Propaganda Films of World War II|journal=Film History|year=1995|issue=7|pages=32–48|authorlink=David Desser}} *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.&nbsp;63–76.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0259174}}

{{Masahiro Makino}}

Category:1943 films Category:1943 Japanese films Category:Japanese black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Masahiro Makino Category:1943 war films Category:Toho films Category:Japanese war films Category:Films scored by Ryōichi Hattori Category:First Opium War Category:1940s Japanese-language films Category:Japanese-language war films

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