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Illustrious Energy (1988)
Directed by Leon Narbey
Drama, History
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.
Cast
Yip Ha-Lei
Desmond Kelly
Crew
- Director
- Leon Narbey
- Screenplay
- Leon Narbey, Martin Edmond
- Editor
- David Coulson
- Producer
- Chris Hampson, Don Reynolds
Details
- Release date
- 1988-11-01
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- EN
- Countries
- New Zealand
- Production
- New Zealand Film Commission, Mirage Films