Opium: The White Powder Opera
1976, Cantonese. Directed by Adrian Cowell.
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 Narcotics Bureau to acquaint himself with the workings of the drug trade. This paved the way for The System. In addition to the cat-and-mouse game between the cops and the druglord, a fascinating thread traces the relationship among dealers, junkies and mules in Sai Ying Pun. The title hails from Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera, another tragedy concerned with a capitalist society’s oppressed and exploited nobodies.
- Runtime
- 0h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Cantonese
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- Released
- 2 November 1976
- Original title
- 白粉歌劇
- Country
- Hong Kong, United Kingdom
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Opium: The White Powder Opera runs 50 minutes (0h 50m).
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Opium: The White Powder Opera isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 November 1976. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Opium: The White Powder Opera?
Opium: The White Powder Opera (1976) was directed by Adrian Cowell.