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Sampan (film)

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Sampan
Directed byTerry Bourke
Written byTerry Bourke
Produced byGordon Mailloux
Release date
  • 23 September 1968 (1968-09-23)[1]
CountryHong Kong
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50,000[2] or Australian $54,000[3]
Box office$150,000[2]

Sampan, also known as San-Ban, is a 1968 Hong Kong film which was the first feature directed, written and co-produced by Terry Bourke. The film was successful at the box office.

Bourke caled it eighty percent an artistic success.[3]

Plot

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In Hong Kong, the owner of a sampan has two sons, one good and one bad. One son falls in love with his stepmother.

Production

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The script was written by Bourke, who was working as a journalist in Hong Kong, He met Gordon Mailloux who agreed to produce.[2]

Release

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According to Mailoux, the film was the most successful movie made in Hong Kong that year.[2] Bourke claimed the movie contained the first naked scene in Chinese cinema. It was banned in Taiwan.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Guan is now Hollywood West". Guam Daily News. 11 September 1968. p. 1.
  2. ^ a b c d Interview with Gordon Mailloux, Uno Online, 1 June 2010 accessed 23 October 2012
  3. ^ a b c John Larkin, "Blood and Guts to Ride the (Flinders) Ranges", The Age, 30 July 1971 accessed 23 October 2012
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