An Interview with Bill Lake

A few months ago I was lucky enough to be involved with an interview with Bill Lake about his time in the 1970s (and beyond) Hong Kong movie industry. The interview was conducted by my good friend, Arnaud Lanuque, for his very informative and interesting bilingual (French/English) YouTube channel called House of Asian Cinema. I wouldn't be exaggerating to say Arnaud is one of the top experts on Asian cinema but is probably not known to many reading this because much of his work is for a French speaking audience. 

For those who don't know who Bill is, he's an ex-soldier in the British army who stayed on in Hong Kong after his military career came to an end and was involved in some classic 1970s Hong Kong movies and TV shows. You can see a good list on HKMDB but it's not exhaustive. I've covered some of his films on the blog (Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon, Anti-corruption and soon to come Bruce Lee: True Story) but no doubt I'll be able to cover more in the future. In the meantime, here are some of Bill's recollections (filmed in October 2021).