Sampan (film)

Sampan
Directed by Terry Bourke
Produced by Gordon Mailloux
Written by Terry Bourke
Release dates
1968
Country Hong Kong
Language English
Budget $50,000[1]
Box office $150,000[1]

Sampan aka 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]

References

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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