Sampan (film)

1968 Hong Kong film by Terry Bourke

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Sampan

Directed by| Terry Bourke
Written by| Terry Bourke
Produced by| Gordon Mailloux

Release date

* 23 September 1968 (1968-09-23)[1]

Country| Hong Kong
Language| English
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 called 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[permanent dead link] 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

## External links

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* Sampan at IMDb

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Films directed by Terry Bourke

* Sampan (1968)
* Noon Sunday (1970)
* Night of Fear (1972)
* Plugg (1975)
* Inn of the Damned (1975)
* Murcheson Creek (1976) (TV)
* Little Boy Lost (1978)
* Lady Stay Dead (1981)
* Brothers (1982)
* The Tourist (1987) (TV movie)

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