Inter-Pol - Tang Ching (1967) - Prince Edward Road West

After Salisbury Road, the cars are driving along Prince Edward Road West - yes, this is one of those car chase scenes that have no logical geographical continuation. The large building in the back right is St Teresa's Hospital, or at least the original version before it was redeveloped.

Inter-Pol - Tang Ching (1967) - Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

After leaving the airport, the next shot we see is of the cars driving along Salisbury Road. This view was shot from the Blackhead Point hillside (aka Signal Hill Garden) with its previously unfettered view of the peninsula and harbour below. At this time the other side of the tracks by the pedestrian bridge was still occupied by Holt's Wharf, and obviously the KCR terminus stayed aropund until its eventual demolition in 1978. You can just see a train on the sidings at the top of the lower image.

Inter-Pol - Tang Ching (1967) - More Kai Tak

I thought these images deserved a bit more attention because they show the view from the Kai Tak Airport carpark over to Sa Po Road in Kowloon City. In the far distance on the right hand side (bottom image) you can see the old (recently demolished) Block 22 of the Tung Tau Estate. The bamboo scaffolding structure in front of it was most likely a Cantonese Opera tent being erected for either Chinese New Year or perhaps a Da Jiu festival for the nearby village. This space was later occupied (and still is) by the former Regal Airport Hotel that was connected to the airport Terminal building by a footbridge.

None of these buildings along Sa Po Road exist anymore. A few of the buildings in the image had already been replaced by the 1970s and now even the rest of this whole block has just been demolished for a U.R.A rejuvenation project.

There is a similar era (but less oblique) view from the I Spy series here.

Inter-Pol - Tang Ching (1967) - Kai Tak Airport

009 is sent to Hong Kong to start his investigation and arrives at Kai Tak. He has already been identified by the bad guys and is followed from the airport. The airport also pops up at the end of the film as he heads off to wherever he is supposedly based, so the lower images of the terminal interior are from that last scene.

Inter-Pol - Tang Ching (1967) - Kiu Tsui Beach, Sharp Island

We first meet agent 009 as he smooches on the beach with a couple of girls (a recurring theme throughout this movie) and he is summoned by his bosses via his radio. The beach in question is Kiu Tsui beach located at the north end of Sharp Island.

Inter-Pol - Tang Ching (1967) - Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long

The next film from the ever expanding Shaw collection on Youtube is the 1967 James Bond rip-off, Inter-Pol. It stars a very suave looking Tang Ching as Chen Tian-hong (a.k.a agent 009). Following some fellow agents being killed in the Philippines, he is called in by his Interpol bosses to investigate a US dollar counterfeiting scheme believed to be operating out of Hong Kong.

The opening scene is supposed to be in the Philippines but was actually filmed at Nam Sang Wai, a popular filming location that has been featured many times on the blog, but it's slowly being threatened by redevelopment and no doubt will one day just look like another high rise suburb.

Fist of Fury - Bruce Lee (1972) - Rua Da Barra, Macau

This location has long eluded me because I only had a very low quality image of the scene to look at, but thanks to AP for sending me an image, from what I believe is one of Steve Kerridge's books, I can now see that this was shot along Rua Da Barra in Macau. The turn into the side street is clearly marked by a street sign that reads "Travessa da Barra". I've included that image below. It's quite hard to believe how much Macau has changed since this film was shot, with all of the buildings in view being replaced by Macau mid-rise apartment blocks. The street is located in the São Lourenço parish and you can see the most modern view of it (well, from 2008...Google hasn't been back for years) here.

This is the second exterior location used in this short rickshaw sequence. I posted about the first street  way back at the birth of this blog in 2011. See here.

The location revealed by the street sign

A Cause to Kill - Ivy Ling Po (1969) - Marigold Road, Yau Yat Tsuen

The steps lead on to Marigold Road and it is here where Hsin Li has parked her car. Unbeknownst to her, Inspector Sheng is keeping a close eye on her movements. Yau Yat Tsuen was originally developed in the 1950s as a Chinese/local "version" of Kowloon Tong and as a result the original properties were all built in the same art-deco style that was popular at the time. A few of these properties remain but most have, for the large part, been redeveloped into low rise mansion blocks of three or four storeys. In the lower image you can see the original building that stood at #4 Marigold Road. It's now an unimpressive block called Marigold Court, but the original building had lovely curved balconies and lots of style.

The school (rhs) is still there

A Cause to Kill - Ivy Ling Po (1969) - Tai Hang Tung Road, Shek Kip Mei

After picking up the briefcase from the hotel, the taxi takes Hsin Li further north and drops her off on Tai Hang Tung Road, just north of Boundary Street. She alights right next to a set of steps that lead up into Yau Yat Tsuen. This area has actually changed relatvely little. The only big change is the redevelopment of the Tai Hang Tung Estate in the background. The estate still exists bit with more modern blocks replacing the old H-shape ones you can see here. Long time readers may remember that this very same road appears in Narazumono here. And I also did a modern day comparison here. This scene is actually filmed a little further to the south, opposite the petrol stations that still exists.

The steps lead up to Marigold Road in Yau Yat Tsuen and are mainly used by students at the adjacent Yau Yat Chuen school (note: Tsuen and Chuen are pronounced the same way and are just two ways of writing the same word. Cantonese sadly never underwent a uniform romanisation in the same way that Mandarin did with Pinyin and is one of the reasons why Hong Kong place/road names are all over the place in terms of spelling).

Tai Hang Tung Estate

Shell still has a garage here

Tai Hang Tung Recreation Ground in the background

A Cause to Kill - Ivy Ling Po (1969) - Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

There are a couple of scenes shot on the lower part of Nathan Road as Hsin Li drops off and picks up her attache case. The first image below shows her crossing Nathan Road to head to the Peninsula Hotel, the other images are from a later scene as Inspector Sheng (played by Chiao Chiao's real-life first husband Wong Chun-shun - he played the literal back-stabbing uncle in Way of the Dragon) drops her off in a ruse he has planned to prove her guilt. You can just about see the signs for Gaddi's underneath the hotel marquee.