Victims of Opium

A Chinese Opium Joint

"This is a genuine picture of a Chinaman and a female habitue of his opium joint. The two are lying on a luxurious divan. The Chinaman cooks the pills while the woman smokes them."

In the Thrall of Opium

A deeply indebted count blackmails his old school friend to rescind his engagement to the millionaire's daughter Lizzie so that he himself can get access to the family's fortune through a relationship with her. He initia

The Opium War

Lim Jik-Seo, who takes office of governor at Kwandong Province in China, makes his military units attack English business centers, an opium trading center, and confiscates all of their opium to burn and destroy it. Ellio

Opium for the People

"Acid" (1997) is an experiment with color saturation on an analog editing table. It was filmed, edited and manipulated on VHS. "Opium for the People" (2004) is an extension of these experiences.

Opium and the Kung Fu Master

A small town is protected by one of the famous Ten Tigers of Kwangtung. The town is very safe as Ti Lung and his Kung Fu students patrol for criminals. Enter the rival Kung Fu school whom Ti Lung's students have beaten i

Opium Special: Andre van Duin

Hunting Opium-Eaters

The Chase after Opium Dealers

Destruction of Opium at Humen

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, opium was packaged by British merchants as "Fu Shou Ointment" and sold to China, and countless people suffered greatly. Cigarette restaurants in Guangzhou are blooming everywhere, smokers

Afghanistan's Opium Trail

Over 90% of the world's opium now comes from Afghanistan. In this shocking new film, we ride the drugs caravan, from cultivation, to process, to market. On route, we lift the curtain on the hidden world of the drug baron

Bigorno fume l'opium

Bigorno gets a visit to his seaside estate from a traveler, who brings a monkey and bric-a-brac for his wife and mother-in-law, and some opium for him.

Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!

Following “A Man's Face Shows His Personal History”, this movie is the second of the “Trilogy of the Wartime Generation”. It is a war drama set in China and depicts battles over opium.

Rube in an Opium Joint

Four people, two women and two men, can be seen reclining in the bunks of an artist's conception of a Chinese opium den.

Fun in an Opium Joint

Two opium smokers in a bunk bed yank on each other's queues until the bunk crashes, sending them rolling about on the floor.

Fumeurs d'opium

Shot in Yunnan, China, simply shows 2 men smoking.

The Dream of an Opium Fiend

The opium fiend is seen in a den, puffing on this terrible narcotic. He then falls fast asleep and dreams that he is at home with his wife. He asks for something to drink and he is given wine, which he does not care for,

In the Haze of Opium

Opium: The White Powder Opera

Set in Hong Kong, the narcotics documentary Opium: The White Powder Opera (1976-77) was commissioned by a British television station. Yung, its associate producer and cinematographer, joined the surveillance team of the

A Raid on a Chinese Opium Joint

A Chinese man lures a white girl into his den and teaches her to smoke opium. Police raid the place in a nick of time and arrest him.

Three Arguments about the Opium War

The Taiwanese philosopher-filmmaker James T. Hong (*1972) work: “Three Arguments about the Opium-War” (2015) is an inquiry into the competing narratives and contradictory logics embedded into what constitutes “history”.