Nov 01, 1988
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Illustrious Energy (1988)

Chan and his older mate Kim prospect for gold in 1890s Otago. Marooned until they can pay off their debts and return to China; they’ve been fruitlessly working their claim for 12 and 27 years respectively. Chan faces racism, isolation, extreme weather, threatening surveyors, opium dens and a circus romance.

Category

Drama History

Country

New Zealand

Companies

New Zealand Film Commission Mirage Films

Shaun Bao

Chan

Yip Ha-Lei

Kim

Peter Chin

Wong

Desmond Kelly

Surveyor

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