Black Samurai - Jim Kelly (1977) - Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

The final shot from Hong Kong in this film shows the part of Nathan Road where it intersects with Peking Road. You can see the sloped, angular canopy of the Sheraton Hotel in the background of the top image. The next building towards camera is the old Ambassador Hotel on the corner of Middle Road. The Imperial Hotel (with all the flags on the canopy) is still around, and then finally in the last image the camera has turned to the left to show the Holiday Inn, opened in 1974.

Black Samurai - Jim Kelly (1977) - Hanoi Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

As the camera follows Toki around, we see her walking along Hanoi Raod - recognisable by the presence of the Millie's handbag and shoe shop as well as the "Manfa Korean Restaurant".

Black Samurai - Jim Kelly (1977) - Star Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui

There are some shots around the bus terminus and Star Ferry Pier in Tsim Sha Tsui. Although the top image is actually captured from the rooftop carpark of nearby Ocean Terminal. A great location to see the harbour from and usually devoid of the normal throngs of people found along the waterfront.

Black Samurai - Jim Kelly (1977) - Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter

Next up we have a 1977 action film starring Jim Kelly. Another pretty awful film on all accounts (acting, action, plot and general naffness) with the one redeeming factor of Kelly's character driving around in a blue Ferrari Dino.

Kelly is Robert Sands, an agent of D.R.A.G.O.N (Defense Reserve Agency Guardian Of Nations - I'm already cringing), who is pulled away from his tennis holiday to investigate the kidnapping of his ex-girlfriend, Toki (Essie Lin Chia), the daughter of the Hong Kong "Ambassador".

Kelly tries desperately to imitate his Enter the Dragon success and style but just looks really crap here because it's obvious he can't kick, or choreograph fights, for toffee. Anyway, the opening scenes of Toki walking through the streets of Hong Kong as she is followed by her kidnappers may or may not have been library footage with a movie scene written around them. I find it really hard to believe that this movie spent any money actually filming in Hong Kong, but then again Lin Chia is a legit Hong Kong actress - although the scene is done Gambit-style and we never see her face in the HK footage. You can decide for yourself because, again, I have had to rely on an online source for this film on Daily Motion: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8fub0u.

The film starts off with some footage shot in and around Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter.

Enter The Dragon - Bruce Lee (1973) - Shanghai Street, Yau Ma Tei

Well, what with all the Bruce Lee 40th Anniversary of his death and also the recent very sad news about Jim Kelly passing away from cancer, it seems fitting to round off the Enter The Dragon opening scenes with the final stumper. This one was solved courtesy of Richard Wong who had kindly posted a response to my old locations effort over on Gwulo.com. Here is the reminder from the opening credits when we see Jim Kelly (aka Williams) crossing a road behind what looks like a number 2(F? E?) bus. Given the change in this area there was no way I was going to find this myself without some more local expertise.

Thanks to Richard Wong we now know this place is the junction of Shanghai St and Man Ming Lane (Man Ming Lane being the one that goes off to the right). Here is the same corner today - note all the old buildings have gone apart from one just further up - one of just a few remaining examples of HK's old (but excellent) shophouses.

I can't get quite as close on Streetview but seeing as I am not too far from this spot I will be able to get a better picture later on. Incidentally, this location is only about 1 block away from the previously mentioned Fruit Market - not surprising given the logistics involved in lugging around filming equipment and setting up shots.

Enter The Dragon - Bruce Lee (1973) - Wholesale Fruit Market, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon

It's a fleeting glimpse but it's there nonetheless. During the opening credits when Jim Kelly's character Williams is wandering around Kowloon he takes a short trip down the middle of the wholesale fruit market.