There are quite a few historical spots around AIRSIDE that have been chosen as the filming locations for local and foreign movies. Moving beyond the center of Kai Tak neighbourhood, you can make a pilgrimage to these famous spots and relive classic movie scenes.
Merit Industrial Centre, Kowloon City
The parking lot in Merit Industrial Centre stars in A Better Tomorrow, a film directed by John Woo and starring Chow Yun-fat and Leslie Cheung. Released in the 1980s, the movie stands out as one of the most important of that era and set a precedent for crime movies that followed. Up till now, the parking lot is still painted in the same bright red color as seen in the movie.
Banyan Tree at King Fuk Street, San Po Kong
San Po Kong is a source of inspiration for many filmmakers. The huge Banyan tree on King Fuk Street in particular has made cameo appearances in numerous movies, among which is Infernal Affairs of 2002. A Better Tomorrow may be the pioneer that set the trend of crime movies, but it is Infernal Affairs that brings the genre to new heights.
Nga Tsin Wai Road
Hong Kong people will always remember the days when planes flew low amid the deafening sound of the engines, and people would drop their work, look up into the sky, and stare at those white-bottomed planes slowly cruising by. Before the Kai Tak Airport was shut down, filmmakers would go to Nga Tsin Wai Road to take shots of the planes flying over the crowded city landscape.
To Kwa Wan I-Feng Mansions
Like many other old buildings in the area, I-Feng used to house numerous cottage factories during the industrialization period in post-war Hong Kong. The building’s unique architectural structure with an unsettling atmosphere caught the attention of Hollywood filmmakers and featured in movies such as Contagion, Snowden, and Transformers: Age of Extinction.
Top image 1: A Better Tomorrow
Top image 2: Infernal Affairs
Top image 3: Trivisa
Top image 4: Transformers: Age of Extinction
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