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Illustrious Energy
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.
- Year: 1988
- Country: New Zealand
- Genre: Drama, History
- Studio: New Zealand Film Commission, Mirage Films
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- Director: Leon Narbey
- Cast: Shaun Bao, Yip Ha-Lei, Peter Chin, Desmond Kelly