TMDb Rating
8.5/10
2 verified votes
Illustrious Energy (1988)
DramaHistory
0 min
Plot Summary
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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Keywords to include
DramaHistoryLeon NarbeyShaun BaoYip Ha-Lei1988
Director
Leon Narbey
Top Cast
Shaun BaoYip Ha-LeiPeter ChinDesmond Kelly
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