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- DirectorJin XieStarsGuoan BaoLiankun LinSihung LungQing official Lin Zexu burns the opium of British traders in a bid to end the opium trade. Incensed by his actions, the British traders appeal to their government, leading to the First Opium War and the eventual cessation of Hong Kong.
- DirectorJames ClavellStarsJack LordNobu McCarthyJames ShigetaIn 1870s California, cowboy Lincoln 'Linc' Bartlett finds out there's a slave auction of Chinese women in San Francisco and he intervenes and purchases Kim Sung from the auction with the intent of setting her free. But it doesn't occur to Linc that setting her free isn't enough. Where will she go? Kim doesn't speak English and she will just be exploited by somebody else. Linc takes Kim home to serve as a housekeeper. Ma Bartlett, Linc's mother, is not happy that a Chinese girl is living in her home, and even less happy when Kim and her son fall in love. Their affair also arouses the jealousy of Cheng Lu, a Chinese immigrant.
- DirectorDaryl DukeStarsBryan BrownJoan ChenJohn StantonHistorical fiction set against the backdrop of Hong Kong in its early years of British rule.
- DirectorYandong XueWeiheng ZhaoStarsYingjie HuNaichang RenLun ZhangDuan Wenjing proves a hero during the Taiping Rebellion as a member of the Black Flag Brigade.
- DirectorPeter Ho-Sun ChanWai-Man YipStarsJet LiAndy LauTakeshi KaneshiroChina, 1860s: Having his army slaughtered, General Qingyun joins 2 bandit leaders in raids on rebels and in blood oath. They form a Qing loyal army with eyes on rebel held Suzhou and Nanjing.
- DirectorFan CenJunli ZhengStarsDan ZhaoZheng GaoNan DengSet in the middle of 19th century, in city of Guangzhou. The United Kingdom stretches her tentacles to China, the country of great antiquity. UK exports a lot of opium to the Qing Dynasty and takes away immense amount of treasure. The "resistance" and "accommodationist" groups take intense struggles in the court. The Emperor supports Lin Zexu's prohibition policy of opium and sends him to Guangzhou as a Imperial Commissioner for investigating and prohibiting opium problems.
- DirectorMasahiro MakinoStarsEnnosuke IchikawaSeizaburô KawazuSetsuko HaraTwo British brothers who are making money for their homeland are meeting buyers for opium in China. There is a police force to counter the dealers, but is not only ineffectual, but also corrupt and dealing in narcotics itself. Confronting the situation the government assigns an incognito bureaucrat to the issue. He confronts and arrests the police, but the bulk of the drugs is with the Britons.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsLi Hua LiSheng FuKa-Yan LeungSet in China, at the height of the Boxer Rebellion, a group of fearless Chinese patriots, armed with just their fists and bare feet try to ward off the incursion from European invaders.
- DirectorMichael HaussmanStarsJonathan Rhys MeyersJosie HoDominic MonaghanThe adventures of Sir James Brooke, who defied the British Empire to rule a jungle kingdom in 1840s Borneo, embarked on a lifelong crusade to end piracy, slavery and head-hunting, and inspired LORD JIM and THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING.
- DirectorHsiao-Hsien HouStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiMichiko HadaMichelle ReisIn the "flower houses" (upscale brothels) of Shanghai, various interweaving stories of love, loyalty, and deceit play out subtly.
- DirectorFrancisco MansoStarsElmano SanchoMafalda BanquartJorge PintoThe film is liberally inspired by the period when Eça de Queiroz was Portuguese Consul in Cuba and still a Spanish colony. Eça de Queiroz struggles against local authorities to defend Chinese workers from slavery on sugar plantations.
- DirectorHiroshi InagakiFeng YuehStarsTsumasaburô BandôRyûnosuke TsukigataTatsuya IshiguroDuring the Taiping Rebellion of the mid-19th century, anti-Qing (Manchu) Chinese forces led by Taiping commander Li Xiucheng march on Shanghai. Although the Western powers are officially neutral, the British consul in Shanghai sides with the Qing imperial government, and counter to his own government's policy he retains American adventurer Frederick Townsend Ward to raise a mercenary force of foreigners in Shanghai and oppose the Taipings. Ward's force is routed, with heavy casualties, but since many of the casualties are British, the British army soon is drawn in on the side of the Qings. The only support for the Chinese comes from Japanese in Shanghai and anti-imperialist demonstrations in Japan. A family drama plays out against this historical background. After a Chinese home is destroyed by careless British shelling, killing the father and crippling a daughter, the surviving son vows revenge but begins to see that his true friends may be the Japanese.
- DirectorWoo-Ping YuenStarsWenzhuo ZhaoXun ZhouAndy OnChina, 1861: After rescuing the Qing prince from rebels, General Su retires to start a martial arts school. His foster brother betrays him and Su barely survives. Su has a new enemy to defeat.
- DirectorChun-Hsien WuStarsYucheng CaoBenny ChanZhao ShaoThe film mainly focuses on Liu Yamei's fight against opium and justice in order to fulfill her master's last wish.
- DirectorAki AleongGeqi LiStarsReggie LeeTimothy BottomsJason Connery1870's America. A Chinese immigrant falsely accused of murdering a white woman is viciously hunted down; he'll have to prove his innocence in a time when people of color had "no legal rights" and could be bought and sold for a profit.
- 2012–TV EpisodeDirectorAnthony MaStarsNathan BylerBenjamin HsiehAnthony MaSet in America during 1886, a Chinese railroad worker won't shut up about how much he hates his job.
- DirectorNong LinStarsJie LiMoran LiXueqin PangIn 1894 the Japanese Imperial Navy provokes the Chinese navy to test defenses. Some Chinese want to make concessions while others want to fight. When Japan invades, some naval officers put up a heroic resistance.