The old entrance way on Castle Peak Road
Showing posts with label Tsing Bik Villa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tsing Bik Villa. Show all posts
Saturday, May 23, 2026
Tragic Hero - Chow Yun Fat (1987) - Green Jade / Tsing Bik Villa, Tuen Mun
As mentioned in my first post, this property is the main reason to include this film. This is Yung's palatial home and is the location of the film's finale as it gets completely obliterated by Chai and Kwok as they exact revenge on Yung and his men for killing all their family in Malacca. You can compare the images to how it looked in the 1960s for Kill a Dragon. As mentioned previously, the property was demolished almost immediately after filming was completed and the site was cleared to make way for the current "Bayview Terrace" residential development.
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Kill a Dragon - Jack Palance (1967) - Tsing Bik Villa, Tuen Mun
This next place's Chinese name - 青碧別墅 - pronounced Tsing Bik Bit Seui - roughly translates as "Blue/Green Villa". However, I believe the proper English name it was given was "Green Jade".
A few years ago a picture of it was posted up on Gwulo.com and IDJ, the poster, was asking if anyone knew anything about it. It was only when reviewing these locations for Kill a Dragon that the penny dropped and I realised it was the same location used in this film as the bad guy's (played by Fernando Lamas) HQ. It was a rather attractive building, I feel, built in the "Chinese Renaissance" style. If you follow the comments on that page you will know it also features in Tragic Hero, after which is was demolished.
As you can see it was a nice looking place. It's a real shame most of these former grand mansions are all gone. In this case the property and its extensive garden were redeveloped into a residential development called "Bayview Terrace". I'm sure that it's no coincidence that the Chinese name of the new development (碧翠花園) uses the same Bik character that can be found in the villa's original name: 碧
I was wondering if the chase scenes set around the building were also filmed at the same location and it seems, judging from the following screencap, that it was. Look carefully in the picture and you can see Pearl Island with its causeway in the background.
A few years ago a picture of it was posted up on Gwulo.com and IDJ, the poster, was asking if anyone knew anything about it. It was only when reviewing these locations for Kill a Dragon that the penny dropped and I realised it was the same location used in this film as the bad guy's (played by Fernando Lamas) HQ. It was a rather attractive building, I feel, built in the "Chinese Renaissance" style. If you follow the comments on that page you will know it also features in Tragic Hero, after which is was demolished.
As you can see it was a nice looking place. It's a real shame most of these former grand mansions are all gone. In this case the property and its extensive garden were redeveloped into a residential development called "Bayview Terrace". I'm sure that it's no coincidence that the Chinese name of the new development (碧翠花園) uses the same Bik character that can be found in the villa's original name: 碧
I was wondering if the chase scenes set around the building were also filmed at the same location and it seems, judging from the following screencap, that it was. Look carefully in the picture and you can see Pearl Island with its causeway in the background.
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