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Illustrious Energy

1988Runtime unknown8.0/ 10 · TMDB · 3 votes
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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.

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Directed by Leon Narbey

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Ansh Kapoor

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Shaun Bao

Chan

Yip Ha-Lei
Yip Ha-Lei

Kim

Peter Chin

Wong

Desmond Kelly

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Film details

Released1 Nov 1988
Original languageEnglish
CountriesNew Zealand
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