Erotic Journey: Love Affair in Hong Kong - Hirokazu Inoue (1973) - Gloucester Road, Wanchai

The in-car footage continues on the island as we are driven along Gloucester Road. The first image shows the junction with Stewart Road before zooming quickly along (meaning the screencaps are a bit blurred) past the old Wanchai Police Station building. There's a building in the first two images, along Stewart Road, that is still there. It's the one behind the no entry sign in the second image. Gwulo has an image of it here. That and the Police Station are the only old buildings left here.

Rich and Famous - Chow Yun Fat (1987) - Wanchai Police Station

On the day of the wedding, the gruff Inspector Cheung (Danny Lee) gets picked up by a police car and taken to the church so he can continue his threats against Chai. But to be fair, considering what's about to happen, that's the least of Ah Chai's worries. I'm not sure what'sgoing on with this old uilding at themoment, the last timeI saw it (a few months ago) it was covered in scaffolding - usually an indicator of a revamp.

Anti-Corruption - Bill Lake (1975) - Old Wanchai Police Station, Jaffe Road

The old Wanchai Police Station has ceased to be a functioning station for quite some time now (and it remains the only one I have ever been inside - unlike a lot of other HKers of late who have not had much choice in the matter). Anyway, if it looks a bit different to my usual images of the building, it's because this is the rear of the building on Jaffe Road. This is still part of the film's rather lengthy preamble.

Election - Simon Yam (2005) - Old Wanchai Police Station, Wanchai

The police station where Simon Yam's character is being held is Wanchai Police Station on Gloucester Road. It's no longer used as a Police Station and was closed a few years ago with questions over what would happen to it. I believe it is being adapted for some other purpose. It's actually the only police station I have ever been in - I had to go and give a statement once following being approached by an illegal taxi driver at the airport - back in the time when the Hong Kong Police force still commanded some sort of respect (i.e. before 2014). This is a very popular angle of this building because it's shot from the nearby Fleming Road pedestrian footbridge.

It's featured (briefly, in the background) once on this blog before - in a minibus scene with Jeremy Irons and Maggie Cheung in Chinese Box.

Chinese Box - Jeremy Irons (1997) - Gloucester Road, Wanchai

A couple of shots from different parts of the film (though possibly filmed at the same time) that involve the section of Gloucester Road between Stewart Road and Fleming Road. The first shot is just a random glimpse of traffic looking west along the road towards the Fleming Road flyover.

The second shot filmed in the same place but is looking south towards the old Wanchai Police Station and occurs when Irons is on a minibus with Maggie Cheung just before she storms off out the back door.