Summons to Death - Tang Ching (1967) - Long Ke Wan, Sai Kung

In an attemtped execution - in line with the best of Bond (i.e. anything other than just shooting someone dead) - Tung Lui and Mei-Li are knocked unconscious and wake up inside a sealed wooden box that has been left for the high tide to drown them. They must act quickly to survive and end up rolling the box with the incoming waves. This was all filmed on the (still) beautiful beach of Long Ke Wan. It's a traipse to get to even now, despite more modern transport links, so I imagine in 1967 this involved a boat ride from Port Shelter. Funnily enough, we've seen this location before on the blog when it stood in for the Italian riviera in The Million Eyes of Sumuru.

The Million Eyes of Sumuru - George Nader (1967) - Long Ke Wan, Sai Kung

Here's one for all those of you who think that HK is nothing but high rises and congested roads (although granted, that is what most people see when they come). The following sandy bay is the location where an errant Sumuru follower is executed after making the fatal mistake of falling for a man. Three bikini clad assassins are sent to "Italy" to do the job and this is where it goes down...supposedly on a secluded Italian beach.

In reality this isn't Italy but Sai Kung. Long Ke Wan to be precise. One of the many beach bays on the east coast of Sai Kung. As you can see it was absolutely beautiful back in 1967  - it still is actually, unless you get there on the weekend to witness the drunken hordes on their junk trips littering the place up.

Anyway, please feel free to revel in a time before hideous drunken hordes descended upon the place en masse.