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Sampan (film)

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Sampan
Directed byTerry Bourke
Written byTerry Bourke
Produced byGordon Mailloux
Release date
1968
CountryHong Kong
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50,000[1]
Box office$150,000[1]

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

Plot

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

The script was written by Bourke, who was working as a journalist in Hong Kong, He met Gordon Mailloux who agreed to produce.[1]

Release

According to Mailoux, the film was the most successful movie made in Hong Kong that year.[1] Bourke claimed the movie contained the first naked scene in Chinese cinema. It was banned in Taiwan.[2]

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