Yellow Emanuelle - Chai Lee (1977) - Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

Peking Road and its various neon-lit night clubs feature quite extensively in the film. The initial images below are from the beginning of the film as George and his pilot friends are out on the town. The Mary Building (image 2) is still around and was where Club Tasogare was located (in the basement that is now the Delaney's Irish pub).

The bottom two images are from later in the film and were filmed on the corner with Lock Road. You can just see the Chinese name of the Hyatt Hotel at the top of the 4th image, and then the entrance to Club Tasgore in the last one.

Jaguar Lives - Joe Lewis (1978) - Peking Road, Kowloon

Time for a new film and back to colour for the time being as we follow Joe Lewis as the 'Jaguar' pursuing a criminal mastermind. Joe was in fact a famous tournament fighter back in the 1960's and is often credited with the development of kickboxing and full-contact karate. Not many people know that he was also a friend of Bruce Lee's during the 60's and was even trained by him for a time before a much publicised falling out. Anyway, first off the bat is a visit to somewhere that should be familiar to regular readers of this blog, it's Peking Road in Tsim Sha Tsui with the famous Club Tasogare sign.

And for a Bruce bonus, here is Joe walking up the side alley on Peking Road which used to be the access path for the Red Lips bar. The bar has gone but the alleyway still exists between the blocks that front Lock Road and Hankow Road. These days it's used by vendors for small stalls selling trinkets and bags etc.

Codename: Wildgeese - Lewis Collins (1984) - Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

Peking Road is another one of those places that keeps cropping up - just follow this link to see it on several films including The Protector, Enter the Dragon, The Amsterdam Kill and many more.

It's been filmed from several angles, but the most recognisable is the one below looking west back towards Nathan Road with the Club Tasogare sign hanging over the middle. The club has long gone (replaced by Delaney's sole remaining pub) but the general feel of the road persists.

Those of you with keen eyes may also spot the half-hidden Regency Hotel (demolished and replaced by iSquare) as well as the sign for the famous Red Lips bar that was hidden up the alleyway between buildings on the left hand side.

The Amsterdam Kill - Robert Mitchum (1977) - Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

I suspect this is the last The Amsterdam Kill post. I was going to post another one of what I believe is Blake Pier but the quality of the screen grab isn't great and there isn't ,much to see anyway, so I'll make this one the last one. Quite fitting because it's also the last HK location from the film anyway.

Okay, the background is a bit blurry but look carefully and you will be able to make out a couple of familiar signs in the background including the Red Lips bar and Club Tasogare.

The Red Lips Bar sign is the one just to the right of Mitchum's head, and Club Tasogare, which we have seen on a few films featured here before, is at the far back with a yellow border. Coincidentally, I was in that very venue just last night having a nice pint with some friends although now it is a pub called Delaney's.

The Protector - Jackie Chan (1985) - Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

Here is a shot of Jackie Chan and Danny Aiello walking along Peking Road in Kowloon on the way to the massage parlour in The Protector.

Peking Road feels much the same now, twenty five years later, although some changes ought to be mentioned. Club Tasogare only recently disappeared and was replaced by the Peking Road branch of Delaney's. This same sign can be partially seen in the rickshaw scenes with John Saxon in Enter The Dragon, so the club was around for a fair amount of time - 30+ years I'm guessing. In case you didn't realise it was a Japanese girly bar.

On the left you can see JC and Danny walking along the pavement (Aiello has a red jacket on) and behind them but above their heads is the old facade to what was previously the Hyatt Regency Hotel (and also formerly called The President Hotel). This was a popular hotel that came down circa 2006 (same year I moved to HK) and has been replaced by another TST monolith called iSquare (apparently the i stands for international).

Note that the building on the right of the screen grab, is actually still there and now houses a Giordano and Bossini store.