Showing posts with label Eastern Street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eastern Street. Show all posts

Sunday, June 28, 2026

Hong Kong 73 - Yueh Hua (1974) - High Street, Sai Ying Pun

 When the whole group goes to the police station to report afew issues, Chan parks his car outside but is called back out to remove his car as it's illegally parked. He then discovers his headlights have been stolen and gets a ticket for driving with no lights. This whole scene was filmed outside the old No.8 police station on High Street and you can see the old psychiatric hospital building, of which the facade still remains, as Chan drives down the street to park again around the corner on Eastern Street.

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Flash Point - Donnie Yen (2007) - Eastern Street, Sai Ying Pun

Despite making a rather long detour over to Glenealy, the foot chase returns to Sai Ying Pun as the pair run down Eastern Street - right next to the previously mentioned Dental Hospital. The top image shows the corner with High Street.

Sunday, December 4, 2016

Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine - Jean-Paul Belmondo (1965) - Queen's Road West, Sai Ying Pun

I'm going to agree with Thomas on this one and believe it is the small stretch of Queen's Road West between Eastern Street and Centre Street. Several factors are leading me to this conclusion even though I don't have the dead certain proof that I usually look for.


The reasons I am agreeing that this is most likely to be Queen's Road West is mainly due to the configuration of the roads with the bend at the background, the three roads on the left that are apparent on the film (the three would be Eastern Street, Mui Fong Street and Kwai Heung Street - although Mui Fong Street is really only a small lane). Whereas on the right side of the picture (which is the south side of the street) we only see an opening where eastern Street crosses Queen's Road West. This tallies with the layout of the road there. Also the fact that this sequence immediately precedes this one makes sense that the film crew wouldn't head to this spot on HK Island simply for the quick shot as the cart turned the corner into Centre Street.

None of the buildings along this part of Queen's Road West (other than the shophouse near the corner with Centre Street) exist anymore, making a building identification impossible and the only real landmarks appear to be the Chow Tai Fook sign (seen in the centre two pictures) and the Ernest Borel sign seen behind his head in the lower picture.

So anyway, if anyone has an old picture of this section of Queen's Road West that can be used for comparison, or perhaps if you remember either of the aforementioned signs, then please leave a comment. It would be nice to know 100%.

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Knock Off - Jean Claude Van Damme (1997) - Eastern Street, Sai Ying Pun

During the rickshaw race, the runners are running along High Street next to the old Sai Ying Pun Community Complex before turning right onto Eastern Street and down the hill. Incidentally, another Van Damme film had a few scenes shot here several years before this one.


The Streetview shot gives us an angle from the centre of the road so although it doesn't quite match the film, at least it shows a bit more if the aforementioned Community Complex.


and a quick view looking down the hill from the same junction.


Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Double Impact - Jean Claude Van Damme (1991) - Sai Ying Pun Community Complex, Hong Kong

Back in 1991 the former "Old Mental Hospital" on High Street was about to undergo a bit of a transformation, turning it into the modern complex that can be seen today. The fact is that only the bottom two stories' facade has been preserved and the rest of the building has been completely remodeled.


The shot above looks to have been taken at through the main entrance on High St. Here's what it looks like today from the front.


And the following shot shows the A-Mah (old HK name for a female helper/maid) carrying one of the twins up Eastern St.


Streetview hasn't been up this road, so until I go and get some shots of my own we will have to make do with this shot looking up from the junction with Eastern and High St.


I'm fairly certain that this last shot below is a studio mock-up. It has an air of falseness about it and I don't think there has ever been an entrance at this place where it is sunk into the ground with steps going down to it. Of course I could be wrong because I have no idea what was done here before the renovations (after this film was made) and Streetview doesn't let me take a sneak peek up the other side of the building. I'll head over there when I have some time and report back :-)