The 5 Billion Dollar Legacy - Margaret Hsing Hui (1970) - Nathan Road, Yau Ma Tei

The establishing shot for the film's introduction to the third sister, Rongrong (Mona Kwok), is a view of some buildings along Nathan Road at the junction with Waterloo Road. Many of the buildings you can see are still around, including Lai Kee Mansion on the far right. Current view.

The 5 Billion Dollar Legacy - Margaret Hsing Hui (1970) - Kowloon Government Offices

The Kowloon Goverment Offices in Yaumatei also contain the Kowloon Central Post Office and this is the next location we see on film as the letters are sent to the sorting office. The establishing shot shows a couple of buildings, the one in the background has the name 平安大樓 (ping on dai lau) which, for those who don't know, is the Chinese name of the Alhambra Building on the corner of Nathan Road and Kansu Street. The building in front with the grey paint is the Govt office. Both buildings are still around.

The 5 Billion Dollar Legacy - Margaret Hsing Hui (1970) - Kai Tak Airport

 There are some really fun titles being put out on the Celestial/Shaw Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@ShawBrosCinema). Even though there aren't many Hong Kong locations to be had in this next movie, The 5 Billion Dollar Legacy, it's worth watching for the twists and turns in the plot if you like that sort of thing. The film stars Margaret Hsing Hui as Peifang, one of three illegitimate daughters of a reclusive Hong Kong businessman who has a huge business empire in Tokyo.  He's writing up his will and has tracked down his only family, the three women, with a desire to let them share in his vast fortune.

The girls meet up for the first time on their way to Japan and once there find everything is not quite as it seems. Although most of the film appears to have been shot either in the studio or at a location in Japan, the opening scenes show the father's letters to his daughters as they travel from Japanese postbox to HK via the airport and then a local sorting office, were filmed in Hong Kong.

The film was directed by Japanese director, Inoue Umetsugu (he also directed a few other films on the blog e.g. Sunset, The Yellow Muffler and Operation Lipstick).

These first few images show the Royal Mail truck leaving Kai Tak after picking up the mail delivery.