Casse-tête chinois pour le Judoka - Marc Briand (1967) - Kau U Fong, Central

Kau U Fong features briefly in a scene where Marc (Marc Briand) is wandering around the streets. In the shot below he is at the junction with Aberdeen Street with what was originally the Central Clinic behind him. By the time of this film though, the building was already been used by the Central District Kaifong Welfare Association. I think the clinic may have been operating at the same time though. The small building was demolished circa 1997 and the site currently hosts the Lan Kwai Fong Hotel.

Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine - Jean-Paul Belmondo (1965) - Kau U Fong, Central

I just mentioned my neglect of Kau U Fong in my last post, so instead of forgetting about it again, here is the related post that was supposed to be published a couple of years ago when I took advantage of the pandemic to relook at several older movies.

In the movie the street appears in some sequences set in and around Aberdeen and is the location of the club where Alexandrine (Ursula Andress) works. However, the same area was also used for the latter part of the scaffolding chase seen later in the film. In the lower 2 images below, you can see the old faded yellow building with the painted Chinese characters that used to occupy the corner where Kau U Fong meets On Wo Lane.

Amaya - Kaori Momoi (2010) - Kau U Fong, Central

I was just about to post a link back to an old post featuring Kau U Fong and have realised that I never posted it in the first place, so I've added it to my to-do list. In the meantime, this is the small street where Amaya rides her squeaky bicycle to pick up food on her way home from work.