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Wong Kar-wai Film Pilgrimage (Chungking Express, In the Mood for Love) — Hong Kong

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Wong Kar-wai Film Pilgrimage (Chungking Express, In the Mood for Love)

Half-day

4 stops · Half-day

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A cinephile route tracing the Hong Kong of Wong Kar-wai's films. From Chungking Mansions and the Mid-Levels Escalator of Chungking Express to the Goldfinch Restaurant of In the Mood for Love, walk through the 1990s Hong Kong mood seen on screen.

Half-day4 stopsEst. budget 30,000 KRW

Itinerary

  1. 1

    Chungking Mansions重慶大廈 (Chungking Mansions)

    TST · Attraction · 35 min stay

    The setting of Chungking Express. A maze-like building where immigrants from around the world mingle — a bowl of curry in the ground-floor South Asian food court has the film's exact texture.

  2. Transit 20 min
    2

    Mid-Levels Escalator半山自動扶梯 (Mid-Levels Escalator)

    Central · Attraction · 40 min stay

    The escalator from which Faye Wong spied on Tony Leung's apartment. The world's longest outdoor escalator — climb the SoHo lanes and retrace the film's route exactly.

  3. Walk 6 min
    3

    Pottinger Street (stone-slab steps)砵典乍街 / 石板街 (Pottinger Street)

    Central · Alley · 25 min stay

    A stepped lane paved with stone blocks down the slope. A backdrop for many Hong Kong films and photo shoots, taking on an even more cinematic texture on a rainy night.

  4. Transit 15 min
    4

    Goldfinch Restaurant金雀餐廳 (Goldfinch Restaurant)

    Causeway Bay · Attraction · Restaurant · 50 min stay

    The Western restaurant where Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung sat across from each other in In the Mood for Love and 2046. Dine amid the unchanged retro interior and step into the film.

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