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Illustrious Energy
Illustrious Energy
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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.

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Cast

Shaun Bao

Chan

Yip Ha-Lei

Yip Ha-Lei

Kim

Peter Chin

Wong

Desmond Kelly

Surveyor

Crew

Chris Hampson

Producer

Leon Narbey

Director

Leon Narbey

Screenplay

Martin Edmond

Screenplay

Jan Preston

Music

David Coulson

Editor

Jeanelle Aston

Production Design

Trixie Woodill

Costume Design

Richard A. Barker

First Assistant Director

Annette Loader

Casting

Don Reynolds

Producer