Illustrious Energy
7.8
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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Cast
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Shaun Bao
Chan
Yip Ha-Lei
Kim
Also in
Year of the Dragon
Nomad
Chris Hampson
Leon Narbey
David Coulson
Martin Edmond
Peter Chin
Wong
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Perfectly Normal
William Wong
Store keeper 1
Don Reynolds
Also in
The Last Round-up
Jan Preston
Desmond Kelly
Surveyor
Known for
The Frighteners
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
Ha-Lei Yip
Kim
Leon Narbey Director · Martin Edmond Screenplay David Coulson Editor
United States release November 6, 1988 · Produced in New Zealand · Production Mirage Films
Production
New Zealand Film Commission
Production
Mirage Films
Production · Distribution
New Zealand
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Release dates
New Zealand · November 1, 1988
Theatrical
United States · November 6, 1988
Chicago International Film Festival
Sweden
January 29, 1989 · Göteborg Film Festival
United Kingdom
November 12, 1988 · London Film Festival
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