Illustrious Energy (1988)
1988-11-01 • Drama, History • 0h0m • Released
8.5
User Score
Overview
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.
New Zealand Film Commission, Mirage Films