Game of Death - Bruce Lee (1978) - Rua de Sanches de Miranda, Macau

Another obscure Game of Death discovery to add to the list. It's a brief shot of the baddies car driving down a small road before turning right. It turns out the initial road seen in the first picture is called Calcada da Igreja de São Lazaro. If that name sounds familiar, well it should do because the part of the road is the upper section of a road I posted about all those years ago when first looking at this film.

Calcada da Igreja de São Lazaro (upper)

The camera pans to the left and we are now looking up Rua de Sanches de Miranda. 

Rua de Sanches de Miranda

If the camera had continued panning left then it would have seen this picture from the earlier pot I mentioned above. This tells me that the shot was probably taken at the same time because the camera position seems perfect.

Calcada da Igreja de São Lazaro (lower)

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story - Jason Scott Lee (1993) - Dragon German Lobby Cards

AP was also kind enough to send over a couple of German Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story lobby cards.

The first one shows the childhood scene that were filmed over at Yau Kung Tong in Yuen Long. The second one of course is from the near final scenes of the Enter the Dragon set that was reconstructed over at Joss House Bay in front of the locally famous Tin Hau Temple. You can see all the Dragon posts here.

Men of the Dragon - Jared Martin (1974) - Dragon Garden Publicity Still

The good man, AP, responsible for supplying me with many films seen on the blog sent me this publicity still a while back (several years ago actually) and it slipped my mind until now. There's nothing like a good lull in movie posts to make me go back over old stuff and discover things I had forgotten all about. 

The location is of course Dragon Garden - a familiar location to anyone who has followed this blog over the past few years. Featured are (l to r) Robert Ito, Lisa Kimbro and Jared Martin. The film is pants of course and was done to cash in on the sudden interest in Hong Kong and kung fu following the release of Enter the Dragon. However, some great locations to be found but it's just a shame that the film wasn't good enough to warrant a better quality release. You can see all of the related posts here.

Game of Death - Bruce Lee (1978) - Kowloon Funeral Parlour, Maple Street

Not only was the film exploitative enough to insert real footage of Lee's funeral at the Maple Street funeral parlour, but it looks as though the 1978 film crew went back to the same location for some authentic reproduction. The first screengrab is from the 1973 funeral, the second is from 1978 with Colleen Camp stumbling out of the same place in a daze as she still believes Lo to be really dead.

Although often referred to as the Maple Street parlour, the entrance (which is behind the flower banners in the lower picture) is actually located on the corner of Bedford Road and Tai Kok Tsui Road and is just a stone's throw from Bruce's old school - St Xaviers.

Game of Death - Bruce Lee (1978) - Minden Row, Tsim Sha Tsui

Another Game of Death post included for completeness more than anything, however I can't take credit for identifying the location as that accolade goes to Andi over on Hong Kong Movie Tours.

In a real world Bruce Lee connection though I should point out that the building in the background of the lower two screengrabs is the Mariner's Club building. Readers of my Bruce Lee walking tour of TST (link here) may remember that Bruce used the telephones here to make long distance calls back to the US.

Game of Death - Bruce Lee (1978) - Rua do Patane, Macau

Welcome to the first post of 2018. Things will probably slow down a bit on the blog as I run out of films to view or take longer sourcing them. There's still a few out there to get but it may take sometime. In the meantime I have been looking back over past films and seeing if there are any locations I missed the first time. One of my first tasks was to re-watch The Game of Death (I know, the pain I endure for everyone's entertainment!) and lo-and-behold managed to squeeze a couple more places out of the general mess of the movie.

Case in point, the following scene in Macau showing a lion dance. Rewatching a DVD (though it was the Cantonese version that was missing several scenes and the best part of the film - the opening credits) meant the street sign in the following scene was easier to read, and therefore locate.

The baddies are stuck behind a lion dance troupe as they make their way to their hideout. It turns out that the road is Rua do Patane - identification aided by the aforementioned street sign that reads "Rua dos Curtadores".

By the looks of it the wall on the left hand side of the screengrab was replaced by a residential building but the small single-storey buildings in the background have so far managed to avoid the redevelopment.

China Rose - George C. Scott (1983) - Tin Lok Lane, Causeway Bay

Scott meets the local police inspector, who is also after his son for other reasons, at an acupuncture place along Tin Lok Lane. 

China Rose - George C. Scott (1983) - Tsuen Wan Permanent Chinese Cemetery, Tsuen Wan

During the film, as the two main characters are being led on a wild goose chase, they are shown a grave that is supposed to be the son's. It shouldn't be surprising to learn that the scene was shot at the Tsuen Wan Permanent Chinese Cemetery in Tsuen Wan - with few exceptions it's been the number one grave location for filming companies over the years.

China Rose - George C. Scott (1983) - Kai Tak Airport, Kowloon

Our two protagonists arrived in HK via the Macau ferry, but they depart at the end of the film in the usual manner i.e. via the airport. Nothing special here other than a couple of shots from the apron unless you are a plane buff.

China Rose - George C. Scott (1983) - Sai Kung Waterfront, Sai Kung

Once again, back to the same strip of waterfront that we have now seen several times on this blog, usually as a stand in for Aberdeen (I still have no idea why supposed Aberdeen shots just weren't filmed in Aberdeen...).

This time we see the car pull up along See Cheung Street, which is the main street through this part of the old town/village. But it's not long before we are back at the old concrete pier as Scott and co board a sampan to go and see his ailing son with the police and triads not far behind.