The film uses a real life company, The Blue Taxicabs Ltd, as the company for who Chen works for. Formerly based on Nathan Road, the company built and then moved into the Tsan Yung Mansion building in the mid-1960s. The building is still around but the company has long departed - like many other companies in Hong Kong, property development and the vast amount of money to be made doing it lured many away from their traditional industries. Anyway, if you want to read more, Huw Farmer's excellent Industrial History website has an article or two.
Showing posts with label Tsan Yung Mansion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tsan Yung Mansion. Show all posts
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Monday, January 26, 2026
The Young Rebel - David Chiang (1975) - Waterloo Road, Ho Man Tin
I can't confirm the location of the grocery shop where Xiao Rong works (edit: see Rodney's comment below confirming it was at 63a Waterloo Road), but as he departs for his first delivery we can see this was shot on Waterloo Road opposite Ho Man Tin Street. The building with the curved facade in the background is Tsan Yung Mansion and is still located on the corner of Waterloo and Ho Man Tin Street. I removed my posts sometime ago due to low picture quality (taken from a VCD), but I had previously covered The Taxi Driver on ths blog and that building was the HQ of the Blue Taxi Cab Company who David Chiang works for in that film. I'll redo that film if it makes an appearance on the Shaw Bros channel as it had some interesting locations.
Monday, May 11, 2015
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold - Tamara Dobson (1975) - Waterloo Road, Kowloon
This one was a bit of a head scratcher until I realised the bridge in the back of this shot was actually the previous version of the KCR railway bridge where it crosses Waterloo Road near Wylie Road.
The KCR track has been upgraded to a double track in the late 70's and I suspect it was this event that saw the replacement of the bridge with its current much larger version.
In the film we get a brief glimpse of the view from the shop and the greenery on the other side of the road. This is the grounds of the Wylie Road garden and that space currently has a basketball court on it.
This is the Honda motorcycle shop where John Cheung's character works and where the Chinese agents have their training room.
I don't think the section of building we can see above containing the Honda dealership is still around, I have a sneaky feeling it has already been replaced by a newer building called Nelson Court (built 2001). Of course, the camera angle may be deceiving my eyes because the section of store front does look very similar to Tsui Yuen Mansion which is still around today. Anyway, feel free to offer opinions on how far down the road the camera is positioned. There are some other things still around including some of the buildings at the background behind the track/bridge. The nearest one (yellow, on the right) is Gay Mansion (built 1966), and just behind that is the Tsan Yung Mansion (built 1964) - this was the same building that used to house the Blue Taxi Cab Company Limited seen in David Chiang's The Taxi Driver. It's the one with the curved lower floor facade and small red balconies. Following that, just behind the red balconies is the slightly older Liberty Mansion (built 1962). There is another older building still standing but it is hidden on the far side of Liberty mansion in this screen shot. Here is the modern Streetview for a reasonable comparison.The KCR track has been upgraded to a double track in the late 70's and I suspect it was this event that saw the replacement of the bridge with its current much larger version.
In the film we get a brief glimpse of the view from the shop and the greenery on the other side of the road. This is the grounds of the Wylie Road garden and that space currently has a basketball court on it.
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