r/TheNightFeeling • u/taehunLee1919 • Aug 31 '26

Hong Kong. The 1980s. This was its heyday.

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u/Federal_Cookie Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26

I would have loved to have seen Kowloon Walled City.

ETA: As luck would have it…  https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoricalCapsule/s/GHkiH5ZBQe

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u/Doro_Gurl Aug 31 '26

OK, USA!

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u/Centurion_83 Aug 31 '26

Bloodsport! Loved that movie

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u/hardypart Aug 31 '26

My first thought as well. Both actually, the city itself and KWC. Must have been crazy in the 90s!

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u/Upset-Elderberry3723 Aug 31 '26

There's an indie horror game set there, titled 'Welcome To Kowloon', if you like horror games.

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u/chimugukuru Sep 01 '26

You can still go to Chungking Mansions. It's not quite like KWC was but there's some of the same feeling.

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u/LostMyKeyboard Sep 01 '26

There's a documentary on YouTube I saw a while back that showed the inside of the buildings and how people lived and worked there. It's quite old but worth the watch.

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u/bcouto22 Aug 31 '26

Uau! Isso me lembra tantos filmes que assistia quando criança!

Boas lembranças!

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u/uresmane Aug 31 '26

Which ones?

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u/Babahoyo Aug 31 '26

In the mood for love

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u/H3000 Aug 31 '26

So am I but which movies?

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u/Jpkmets7 Aug 31 '26

Bloodsport, for one. Maybe the best look at Kowloon Walled City.

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u/bcouto22 Sep 01 '26

No Brasil os títulos são: "Massacre no Bairro Japonês", "O Grande Dragão Branco", entre outros.

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u/TheCalifornist Aug 31 '26 edited Sep 01 '26

"Didn't you see our sign? It's neon on the main drag!"

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u/Even-Analysis8223 Aug 31 '26

love 80s 90s hong kong

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u/Jessintheend Sep 01 '26

Sucks HK has basically mandated these signs out of existence. I’d have killed to see hong Kong in the 80s

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u/Jpkmets7 Aug 31 '26

Fantastic first photo. Instantly transported.

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u/Schmooto Aug 31 '26

Damn, that first photo is so intensely cool!!

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u/cxtx3 Sep 01 '26

Oh man, I could just stare at that first picture all night. There's just something magic about being surrounded by neon lights in the city on a warm night that just feels comforting and nostalgic to me. It also makes me want to listen to some soft jazz and light up a cigarette even though I quit over fifteen years ago.

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u/Tiny_Introduction_61 Aug 31 '26

Any american released movies depict this era good?

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u/datimetrabeler Sep 01 '26

i am the 1000th upvote.

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u/Middle-External-8314 Sep 01 '26

I'll watch any movie taking place in this setting

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u/S0ccerTwink99 Sep 02 '26

Wargame: Red Dragon
Pearl of the Orient

TOTAL VICTORY!

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u/Mutedchimp Sep 02 '26

What a crazy place

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u/Such-Personality-648 Sep 04 '26

First image is edited

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u/Tentacle_poxsicle Aug 31 '26

SOUL. it's soulless now

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u/browncoats1985 Aug 31 '26

Disagree

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u/Tentacle_poxsicle Aug 31 '26

It's pretty trash now