Movies and TvShows featuring "opium-smoking" theme.

During the Vietnam War, a U.S. Army officer is asked to assassinate a renegade Special Forces Colonel who considers himself a god. As he travels upriver with his crew, he learns more about the Colonel's descent into madness and the horrors of war. Eventually, he confronts the Colonel and fulfills his mission, but not without experiencing the depths of human brutality and the consequences of war.

Tai-Pan is a movie based on the novel by James Clavell. Set in 19th century Hong Kong, it portrays the adventures and struggles of a British businessman and his rivalry with other powerful individuals in the region. The story explores themes of interracial relationships, colonialism, and the opium trade.

Flowers of Shanghai is a movie set in 1884 Shanghai, focusing on the lives of courtesans and the inner workings of brothels. It explores themes of love, rivalry, debt, and the objectification of women. The story follows the intertwined lives of several characters as they navigate the complexities of their relationships in a society dominated by opium and male power.

Serangoon Road is a crime drama mystery TV show set in 1960s Singapore. The story revolves around a private detective agency and its cases that involve a widow, a British expatriate, a Chinese community, an American CIA agent, and various other characters.

The setting of the Black Brick Castle that harvests poppy seed. But times are tough as the wait for a ship that is picking up the latest batches has either been intercepted by robbers or won't come at all and the boss of the castle, Chen Tsao, once was part of the robbing gang before inheriting the family business slowly loses his mind. Despite the copious amount of concubines around him, he is not able to impregnate a woman. and he made Chen Mao, a worker impregnate a concubine to have a heir. His father's outgoing ways with several concubines and opium smoking, seems to somewhat stop at him. But worldly circumstances possibly having to do with poverty and famine outside of the castle walls doesn't make matters stop at him to turn around in a positive way. On the other hand Chen Mao, has an eye for one of the female workers who is married to abusive Kui Kong who thinks she brings bad luck to him, although she struggles to raise her two children with this curse she's said to carry.

The Opium War is an epic movie set in the 19th century during the Qing Dynasty in China. It portrays the conflict between the British Empire and China over the opium trade. The movie centers around the battle for control of Guangzhou and showcases the brutal war violence, combat, and political struggles of the time.

A woman on the run is raped, rescued, then raped again. Escaping, she heads for the hills and finds safe haven at a convent. After becoming a postulant (trainee nun), she catches her fellow sisters engaging in lesbianism, fighting over nothing, hurling snakes at each other, and engaging in mild flesh eating.

An opium smuggler is marked for murder in this story of the Chinese Mafia.

If you would like to witness the forces of colonialism in brute action, Rithy Panh’s extraordinary new film provides the long view. A masterpiece of editing, the film assembles archival footage and antiqued title cards into a wordless recapturing of the Indochinese Empire, beginning with the early days of French occupation. In this prelapsarian age, everything is golden with promise. Ladies, in empire waist gowns and enormous hats, throw candies to local children. Great steamships carry French culture abroad, and the Tricolore flag flies on high.

It seems to be mostly a stereotypical depiction of the Chinese-here portrayed as rats-and the way they run their laundry.