The Confidence Man JP: The Movie - Masami Nagasawa (2019) - Shatin Racecourse, Shatin

The gang plan to make contact with their target at the races, so off we go to the Hong Kong Jockey Club's racecourse at Shatin. Although in the film it is known as the "Lo Fu Jockey Club".

Powaqqatsi - Godfrey Reggio (1988) - Shatin Racecourse, Shatin

It's not immediately obvious until you see the faces of the people in the video, but the combination of Chinese features and the downcast look can mean only one thing...Hong Kong punters leaving/arriving at the racecourse at Shatin.

Les Anges Gardiens - Gerard Depardieu (1995) - Shatin Racecourse, Fo Tan

Here's one that was a bit of a surprise. The location is a stand in for the Kai Tak airport area which looks as though it was probably out of bounds for filming - understandably considering how busy the place used to get. So instead of Kai Tak airport, we get an amalgam of several places, the first is this one. It's the car park next to Shatin Race Course. The giveaway was the strange structure behind Clavier in the top image - it's one of the viewing towers that looks over the race course.

The rest of the images are shot in the car park area with views over to the construction of the Royal Ascot residential development (see in the background swathed in bamboo scaffolding and green safety netting). A quick check on Centamap confirms it was completed in 1995.

 The sequence was shot to hide the main stand which would be to the right in this lower shot, but the walkways and other structures here are still around - except for the obviously fake airport signage, of course.

Yellowthread Street (TV Series) - Bruce Payne (1990) - Shatin Racecourse, Shatin

Well, we just saw a road leading up to the racecourse in Shatin, so now how about some footage taken inside the place itself. If anyone is interested in a crash course in Cantonese swear words, then this is the place to seek enlightenment.

Yellowthread Street (TV Series) - Bruce Payne (1990) - Tolo Highway Elevated Road, Shatin

The Fan Tan Man (aka fat bald man) also gets followed to Shatin Racecourse and we catch a brief glimpse of the elevated road that leads down into the racecourse area. It's a nameless road but crosses the highway and is fed from either the northbound Tolo Highway or the Tsun King Road on the opposite side of the highway.