Musashi finally arrives at the boss's house. We don't really get to see much of it but I know from looking at two specific screenshots that we are in a property that was called Lei Yuen and was located in the Lam Tei area of Tuen Mun. This property caused quite a bit of frustration on Gwulo several years ago due to the presence of a water tower in the garden that was built in the shape of a pagoda.
A reader had posted some old video (from the late 1940s) that showed a pagoda like structure and...well, you can read the whole thread here. Anyway, we later traced the 'pagoda' to the aforementioned property, and I created a place for it on the Gwulo website detailing its footprint from old maps.
Sadly the property appears to have been demolished circa 2005 and was replaced by a huge development called "The Sherwood", so it was nice to finally find a film that actually shot on its grounds. The property's ornamental entrance gate, seen in a few images below, is still around and marked the start of the driveway to the house. Although now it has been relegated to a historical feature in the local park next to the new development.
I believe this is the front door. Note the bat(?) motifs.
The ornamental pagoda in the background was a water tower.
More shots of the main gate
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