Come Drink With Me - Cheng Pei-pei (1966) - Tai Lo Au, Kowloon Peak

Welcome to one of my favourite Shaw films, the 1966 Wuxia classic that helped establish King Hu as one of the top directors of the genre as well as launching a 19 year old Cheng Pei-pei into film stardom. Wikipedia states that the film was shot in Taiwan and Shaw Brothers studios, but to my discerning eye I can also see several scenes were shot elsewhere around Hong Kong's then unspoilt and spectacular New Territories - these days the NT looks more like someone's scrapyard, unfortunately.

The plot revolves around a band of ruthless bandits who have taken the Governor's son captive and are holding him hostage in order to effect a prisoner exchange for their captive leader. The Governor dispatches his daughter, the Golden Swallow (Cheng Pei-pei), to capture the bandits, but despite her martial prowess she is eventually overwhelmed and is only able to avoid defeat with the help of the mysterious Drunken Cat (Yueh Hwa aka Elliot Ngok) - a beggar who has his own agenda but one that is closely linked to her success.

The opening scenes show a caravan of troops making its way through the hills before being ambushed by the bandits and the Governor's son being kidnapped. I've managed to identify some of these scenes as being in Hong Kong, starting with this initial shot of some seemingly empty hills.

The view in the image below is taken from Fei Ngo Shan Road looking approximately northeast. The small track running alongside that hill (Tung Yeung Shan) is now part of Stage 4 of the Wilson Trail. In the middle distance is a prominent hilltop that marks Buffalo Pass. There's a very close approximation of this view (though not exact) in this photo uploaded to GoogleEarth. So I think the camera was placed somewhere on the road where Fei Ngo Shan Road moves from the north (Sai Kung) side of the ridge, to the south (Kowloon).