Friday, September 25, 2020

The Black Dragon's Revenge - Ronnie Van Clief (1975) - Man Mo Temple, Sheung Wan

Man Mo Temple actually makes two appearances in this film. Its main role is of the interior of the temple/kung fu school where "Bruce" is supposed to have studied. The interior of the temple is used for all the scenes involving the students training and talking inside with their master. If you're wondering why it looks so spacious, it's probably because it is missing the large rack of incense coils that normally hang from the ceiling. All the exteriors for the temple/school were another location that I have yet to find.

However, the temple forecourt also shows up later in the film as the training ground for a kung fu master who claims to have killed Bruce with his deadly fists and two of the students go to his school to challenge him to ascertain whether or not he has the power/ability to have done what he claims (spoiler: no).

Anyway, the first few images show the Man Mo Temple interior as the inside of the good guys' kung fu school and the lower images obviously show the mentioned challenge fight. The funny thing to see in these images is all the locals sticking their heads through the railings to watch the filming. I guess the location manager for this film was on holiday that day.

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