7 Aum Arivu - Suriya (2011) - Harbour Grand Hotel, North Point

Another set of shots from the "Mun Andhi" song part of the film were filmed on the roof of the Harbour Grand Hotel Hong Kong in North Point.

7 Aum Arivu - Suriya (2011) - West Kowloon

Most of this film's Hong Kong locations feature during the performance of a song called "Mun Andhi" which appears to have been shot completely in the city.

The sequence kicks off at the West Kowloon waterfront (note the familiar shell-shaped tunnel ventilation building in the background of the first image) before moving to a variety of other locations around Hong Kong. The large sign they are standing on in the last image says "West Kowloon Cultural District". I'm not sure if it's still standing.

7 Aum Arivu - Suriya (2011) - Two International Finance Centre

In this film, the location of the neighbouring country's security office is located in the IFC2 tower. We only have an external establishing shot for this though as the interior filmed in a studio set.

7 Aum Arivu - Suriya (2011) - Victoria Harbour

Continuing with a look at another form of International movie, from the Indian subcontinent, here is a Tamil movie called 7 Aum Arivua. The story revolves around the resurrection of the Buddha in modern day India to help fight off a nefarious plan, by a certain neighbouring country, to introduce a deadly disease into India. I guess it's indicative of India's fractious relation ship with the said neighbour that the industry has no qualms directly casting them as the antagonists.

The film is available to watch on Youtube at the current time, so just do a search.

Although not the first Hong Kong shot seen in this film the main establishing shot for the "Beijing" scene is actually Victoria Harbour. That's North Point in the background.

Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog! - Sammo Hung (1978) - nr Wong Chuk Yeung, Sai Kung

Here we are back again at another of the popular filming locations from 70s- and 80s-era kung fu movies. This is near the fire lookout at Wong Chuk Yeung. As explained recently, it's completely overgrown now and unrecognisable, but you can get reasonably close via a nearby trail. This is where the fight between Tiger, Frog and White Brow Monk (Lee Hoi-sang) takes place.

View to Three Fathoms Cove in the background

Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog! - Sammo Hung (1978) - Chong Ha Ching Sze, Fanling

Here's another location that I spent a significant amount of time tracking down for my Snake in the Eagle's Shadow posts. Since then it has popped up a couple of times (quite recently with this Dragon's Claws post). Once found these places are fairly easy to subsequently recognise. In this film, this old building is the brothel where Frog and Tiger go to lure the Coffin King's henchman into a trap.

Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog! - Sammo Hung (1978) - Yap Hiu Pavilion

Credit to Andi for identifying this location over in Tuen Mun, it's Yap Hiu Pavilion (邑曉亭 - Yap1 Hiu2 Ting4). This is the location where Mars goes to get a tea seller to serve Sammo and Lau Kar-wing some poison tea.

Anyone who has made the effort to go to Tsing Shan Monastery (and if you are a Bruce fan and haven't been, then it really is a must see for the "Lao's Time" and "Monk Talk" scenes) then you will pass this pavilion as you walk up Tsing Shan Monastery Path. I took this photo below back in 2007 when I first made the trip up there after moving to Hong Kong the previous year. It was probably recently repainted a the time because later images show the paint work is fading once again,

Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog! - Sammo Hung (1978) - Ho Sheung Heung

The area where Tiger and Frog are confronted by Panther (Dean Shek), the casino owner, is a familiar one to this site because I was the one who was able to identify for Enter the Dragon. Yes, we're back in Ho Sheung Heung and the "fung shui" hills behind the village. The key giveaway here is the presence of Tai Shek Mo in the background with its recognisable crooked peak (see image 2). Quite a few of the scenes in this movie show a lot of mist/fog/low cloud and this is very typical weather for Hong Kong around Feb/March time.

Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog! - Sammo Hung (1978) - Fanling Babies Home, Fanling

Next up is Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog!, one of those late 70s kung fu films that would feel a bit generic if it wasn't for the presence of Sammo in the role of Frog, a gold digging opportunist who married a wealthy old woman in order to get access to her family heirloom - a knitted metal pullover that makes its wearer impervious to blades.

He runs off with it but loses it to some con artists and teams up with the bounty hunter, Tiger (Lau Kar-wing), to get it back. It's directed by Karl Maka (who makes a brief appearance, with hair, as a local policeman) so expect that level of humour. One of the funniest bits for me is when Frog's old wife turns to weep at a portrait of her father and it's quite obviously a drawing of a snarling Richard Ng.

Anyway, the film kicks off with some local thugs attempting to best Tiger by sneaking up on him. This whole sequence was filmed at Lai Yue Hing Tong (賴餘馨堂) aka the Fanling Babies Home. This old mansion was a popular filming location until its demolition in the early 1990s. I think the most recent production to film there featured on the blog is probably Shadow of China (1989).

Dragon's Claws - Lau Kar-yung (1979) - Near Lung Mei, Sai Kung

This sequence below was shot in the area now occupied by a small village development called "Springfield Villas". Bruce Lee fans may recognise the location from his Game of Death New Territories outdoor footage which I believe (IMO - although I should really make another effort to really nail the location) was filmed nearby where Greenwood Villas now stands. In the background you would normally see a small row of houses belonging to Lung Mei but obviously this shot has been framed so they are obscured. You can still see the rice terraces in the background of this sequence - a familiar site in Hong Kong for many years and even now in some locations can still be discerned despite there being no rice cultivation in Hong Kong anymore.

This whole area has been redeveloped (Greenfield Villas, Jade Villa, Springfield Villas etc) and now the Springfield Villa development sits on this site.

Dragon's Claws - Lau Kar-yung (1979) - Chong Ha Ching Sze, Fanling

The "back of the school" scenes where we see the living quarters of the family were filmed at another location I identified a few years ago for Snake in the Eagle's Shadow. It's called Chong Ha Ching Sze and is a Taoist retreat/temple so I am not sure of how easy it is to enter. The exterior garden at least seems to be accessible to the general public. I have yet to go there despite identifying it several years ago.

In this night time scene it was the moon gate and adjacent windows that gave away the location. You can compare it to the screen cap from the link above.

Golden Needles - Joe Don Baker (1974) - Arthur Street, Yau Ma Tei

In remembrance of Joe Don Baker who died just a week or so ago (7th May 2025) here is another one of those pandemic finds that I am gradually getting around to posting. 

The location of "Finzie's Bar" in the film was Arthur Street in Yau Ma Tei. Most of the buildings seen in the movie have since been replaced including the location of the bar entrance which was in one of the buildings directly opposite Hi Lung Lane. However, one recognisable building is still around and that is located at the north end of the street on the right hand side. It's #2 Man Ming Lane and you can see the side of the last image. It was built in 1952 which is very old for a Hong Kong residential building.

Hi Lung Lane looking towards Arthur Street

Both images above looking north towards Man Ming Lane

#2 Man Ming Lane, behind Si Ming's head, is still around

Dragon's Claws - Lau Kar-yung (1979) - Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall, Lung Yeuk Tau

The headquarters of the Dragon Boxing Set (the style of kung fu practised by Lung Hsia and his family) is based at the Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall in Lung Yeuk Tau. This is where Ling Ko-fung (Wang Jang Lee) goes to claim leadership of the sect by defeating Lung's father, the current master.

We've seen it so many times on this blog in local movies and the great thing is fans like us can still go and visit because it forms part of the Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail in Fanling.

Dragon's Claws - Lau Kar-yung (1979) - Kai Ham, Ho Chung

The scene where we are introduced to the Dragon Sect's members as they undergo training in the hills was filmed close to a small hamlet called Kai Ham near Ho Chung. Although not shot in the hamlet itself, just up the main road was a flat area marked as a dumping ground on maps from the late 1970s that more or less corresponds to the location so I believe this is what we can see in the images below. The view in the distance is towards the north slope of Razor Hill and just nestled on the left are the smaller hillocks that mark the area where Clearwater Bay Road joins with Hiram's Highway.

Suffice to say the Ho Chung area, including Kai Ham, is much more developed these days and this area we can see below looks to have been abandoned and left for nature to reclaim. Still, it's a new location for the blog that I haven't seen before.

Razor Hill on the right behind Lau Hok-nin's head