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.

Cast

Shaun Bao

Chan

Yip Ha-Lei

Kim

Peter Chin

Wong

Desmond Kelly

Surveyor