The Valiant Ones - Roy Chiao (1975) - Tiu Chung Pai, Jin Island

The Hong Kong Geopark tour continues as King Hu presents us with another peek at the eastern coastline/outer islands. This time a quick view south from a small rock called Tiu Chung Pai off the south coast of Jin Island. It's actually very close to the sea arch at Kam Chung Ngam which was in the last post. It makes me suspect that these scenes were most likely filmed on the same day.

The Valiant Ones - Roy Chiao (1975) - Kam Chung Ngam, Jin Island

The more locations I post about with The Valiant Ones and the more it looks more like a Hong Kong travelogue. I have never seen a film that went to a more varied number of different and remote locations than this one. The next location is part of the sequence where the Wu's (played by Hsu Feng and Pai Ying) go to the pirates lair to strike a deal. The whole sequence is made up of a number of different locations, but the one that sticks in the mind a bit more is this famous sea arch located at the southern end of Tiu Chung Chau (吊鐘洲 a.k.a Jin Island).

I've never actually made it here so I don't know how easy it is to get to by anything other than boat, but that doesn't seem to have put off King Hu and his cast.

Stoner - George Lazenby (1974) - Kau Sai Chau, Sai Kung

The bad guy's hideout is part of a temple complex somewhere near the coast. The temple itself is a studio set, but the lower entrance to the hideout is actually an old concrete box located on the southern coast of Kau Sai Chau in Port Shelter. Kau Sai Chau is perhaps better known for the its public golf course. We've actually seen the area in question a few times before on this log though. Jackie Chan filmed here for Project A back in 1983, you can see the post here.

The Million Eyes of Sumuru - George Nader (1967) - Tiu Chung Chau, Port Shelter

I'm still trying the fathom the logic behind the next scene. It's when Avalon heads out to Sumuru's island with a fisherman in pursuit of the boat that George Nader has boarded. As they approach the island, Sumuru's henchwomen come out on a small boat a chuck a grenade at them.

It's basically a scene that could have been filmed pretty much anywhere in the waters of Hong Kong, but for some reason the location chosen was the relatively difficult-to-get-to (especially for a film crew) Jin Island aka Tiu Chung Chau.

What appears to be a secluded channel from where the baddies boat emerges from is actually the small gap between the southern tip of Jin Island and a rocky pinnacle called Tiu Chung Pai. The only thing I can think is that the film makers wanted us to believe it was some sort of entrance channel.

The following shots were taken at sea level as we see the grenade being thrown into the fishing boat. In the background you can see the part of the Clearwater Bay peninsula that is home to Lung Ha Wan (Lobster Bay) and surrounding area with High Junk Peak clearly poking up behind on the right. The second picture shows the small islets around that area including Trio Island which happens to be a favourite diving spot of mine.

Project A - Jackie Chan (1983) - Kau Sai Chau, Sai Kung

Here is a location with a bit of a story behind it (which is why it has taken so long to find). The problem was this - a seaside location with calm water (so sheltered from the open sea), with a large kiln, concrete block and small abandoned hut. I looked everywhere for a long time and could not find anything that matched. I gave up - it could have been anywhere along HK's vast 800km coastline.

Anyway, it turns out (with help from some shots from another film from Daniel of Hong Kong on Film) that this location is the gap between Kau Sai Chau and Jin Islands in Port Shelter.

I've never been here myself but know that there is a small restaurant here that is popular with boaters (because there is no way else to get there) but the shots from Panoramio suggest that the large chimney/kiln has been demolished (I suspect this was an artifact related to the nearby Hung Shing temple) as has the large concrete blockhouse. But there does seem to still be a small abandoned hut there (which I am sure you will be able to see when Dan puts up his own post on this location). The whole shoreline has been concreted and smoothed out, but the background remains the same. If you are wondering about the exact location here is a Googlegrab.

Kau Sai Chau to the north (this island is popular because it contains HK's only public golf course - but you still need to catch a boat to get there) and this area is on its southernmost part. The small cluster of squares to the left of the gap is a fish culture farm - quite popular here in HK for raising fish for restaurants and at one time blamed for the shark attacks that occurred in the early 90's because the fish food was thought to attract the sharks!