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Illustrious Energy

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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,…

DirectorLeon Narbey
WritersLeon Narbey·Martin Edmond
ProducersChris Hampson·Don Reynolds

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Cast · Directed by Leon Narbey

SB
Shaun Bao
Chan
YHYip Ha-Lei
Yip Ha-Lei
Kim
PC
Peter Chin
Wong
DK
Desmond Kelly
Surveyor

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