Young People - David Chiang (1972) - Shek Kong Airfield, Kam Tin

The final bonding event for the new found friends is a Go-kart race around the air strip at Shek Kong in the New Territories. It turns out these were indeed a real thing. I suspect that the film crew hijacked a real event and perhaps shot a few crowd scenes with real crowds before filming their own race sequences in closer detail.

The Valiant Ones - Roy Chiao (1975) - Chau Wong Yi Kung Study Hall, Kam Tin

One of the key scenes is when Wu Ji-yuan (Pai Ying) heads off to a small house (identified in Chinese as a "Li Family shrine") to catch out a pair of corrupt officials who are in league with the pirates. It turns out that the shrine is in reality a study hall (a traditional Chinese village building where village hopefuls studied for the Imperial examinations) and can still be found in its semi-remote location near to Shui Mei Tsuen in Kam Tin. It's had a modern extension stuck on the side and a bit of a refit but it's still quite recognisable.

A Lotus for Miss Quon - Lang Jeffries (1967) - So Lau Yuen, Shui Tau Tsuen

Further confirmation of my original guess concerning the whereabouts of the village seen during the film intro comes later in the film as Lang is surreptitiously arranging his exit from Vietnam with the local gangster. He has set up a meeting a the "Buddhist Temple" but has the police on his heels.

The so-called temple turns out to be So Lau Yuen in Shui Tau Tsuen (i.e. the village next to Shui Mei Tsuen), Kam Tin. I have yet to venture out this way for exploration (I did once go to Kat Hing Wai but it was many years ago) but a quick search for the building confirms that it is indeed the same place seen on film.

Edit: I had previously believed only the Yi Tai Study hall was used in this sequence, but it turns out both sites feature. The scenes with the monk were filmed at Yi Tai Study Hall and the outside shots with Lang Jeffries were at So Yau Luen. How confusing!

A Lotus for Miss Quon - Lang Jeffries (1967) - Kam Tin Road, Yuen Long

One of the random NT scenes I was telling you about looks to have been filmed along Kam Tin Road. The identifying object in this case is the hill in the background. It's the recognisable shape of Ho Hok Shan as seen from the east. There weren't many main roads in the area back ion the 1960's and Kam Tin Road lines up nicely with the angle on the hill. Also the locale tallies up quite nicely with the village from the intro where much of the story takes place. Anyway, I'm no stranger to Ho Hok Shan and was up there with the Gwulo bunch a few years ago looking at military relics.

A Lotus for Miss Quon - Lang Jeffries (1967) - Kam Tin, New Territories

The opening sequence of the film involves a panning shot around a rural village that sits next to a body of water. The location of the hills in the background indicates that this is somewhere in Kam Tin and suspect it may be in or around Shui Mei village. Of course, 50+ years of change make this one a difficult one to pinpoint exactly but it so happens that Shui Mei is next to some ponds and the angle on the hills at the back make it close enough for me to assume it was at least somewhere close.

The hill in the last two images is Kai Kung Leng which sits to the north of Kam Tin.

Casse-tête chinois pour le Judoka - Marc Briand (1967) - Kat Hing Wai, Kam Tin

The nefarious organisation's base is the Kat Hing Wai walled village in Kam Tin. pretty much the only recognisable thing about this place now is the wall, almost every building within has been redeveloped into modern style village houses.

This is the west wall and entrance of the village