Unicorn Fist – another ‘lost’ Bruce Lee location rediscovered (repost from 2011)

Originally posted on my old Wordpress blog (back in 2011), I noticed that one of my old posts pointed to this article, so, rather than just delete the link why not just republish the original post..and of course add a few updates where relevant (and removed quite a bit of my irrelevant ramblings). I was reminded as well by a recent video on the Stripey Rambles channel detailing a new magazine about the film and it mentions Pak Tam Chung. Seeing as I was the one who rediscovered the location, I thought a repost wouldn't go amiss. I also made it into the papers at the time for my nerdiness (see the SCMP article at the end).

Bruce Lee and I - one of the alternative titles of this movie

Soldier, Soldier - Robson Green (1992) - Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung

Whoops! When I did this earlier post featuring Fuk Hing Bridge in Pak Tam Chung, I had yet to identify another location from the same episode (Lifelines) that has turned out to be just up the road from the Fuk Hing Bridge.

The location is supposedly the border fence portion where the Illegal Immigrants break through what appears to be a large storm drain by using a car jack to bend the bars of the drain grill.

The "drain" is actually a cleverly disguised bridge that carries Tai Mong Tsai Road over the Lung Hang stream a little further north from the Fuk Hing Bridge. The props department for the show have constructed a fake concrete wall blocking the arch of the bridge and installed an authentic wire fence to make it look like the real closed border area. So I give the props department their..props! It had me fooled for a few days.

If you want to see the exact location on the map, just click on the location link at the bottom of the post.

Soldier, Soldier - Robson Green (1992) - Fuk Hing Bridge, Pak Tam Chung

Here's a location that should be familiar with anyone who follows my Bruce Lee exploits because I was able to identify it as the filming location for Lee's outdoor BTS footage that was cobbled into the final print of Unicorn Fist.

Anyway, in this episode called Lifelines, the lads from the King's Fusiliers are on border patrol to try and nab illegal immigrants. In reality this area is not even close to the border with China but this is movie world so some pragmatism is needed with regard to filming logistics.

Unicorn Fist - Unicorn Chan (1972) - Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung

Okay, thanks to Simon Parry and the SCMP the bridge (and myself for that matter) has now been 'outed', but actually the bit we see Bruce Lee in was next to the bridge - not the bridge itself. So here is a shot of the area where Lee was working out with the cast of the film.

And here it is today, although I should mention that the bit of land they were on is actually to the left of my recent snaps and has the walking trail running along the edge of it - but remember, in 1972 this place was still even more of a wilderness than it is today.

Unicorn Fist - Unicorn Chan (1972) - Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung

One that took a while to find. However, the name of this bridge deserves a second mention. It's the Fuk Hing Bridge in Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung.

I think you have to time it right to get the river so high flowing underneath (high tide I think) but anyway, the whole location features heavily in the film. I should mention that I only ever tried to find this place thanks to it's Bruce Lee connection. Here is the bridge in 2011 albeit taken from the opposite side of the river.