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Wikipedia article'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. PlotIn Hong Kong, the owner of a sampan has two sons, one good and one bad. One son falls in love with his stepmother. ProductionThe script was written by Bourke, who was working as a journalist in Hong Kong, He met Gordon Mailloux who agreed to produce. ReleaseAccording to Mailoux, the film was the most successful movie made in Hong Kong that year. Bourke claimed the movie contained the first naked scene in Chinese cinema. It was banned in Taiwan.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19710730&id=P9pUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=7371,6156609 John Larkin, "Blood and Guts to Ride the (Flinders) Ranges", 'The Age', 30 July 1971] accessed 23 October 2012 References | |
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