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Chungking Express (1994)

Where Chungking Express says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Two Hong Kong cop stories stitched across Tsim Sha Tsui and Central: the crowded building, the bar, the snack bar, the escalator and the market

Scenes and places

Cop 223 and the crowded lanes of Chungking Mansions (1994)

Cop 223 chases a suspect through crowded Hong Kong lanes and counts the near-miss as the closest he ever got to someone.

Set in Chungking Mansions — The Nathan Road building where much of the first story takes place. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A 17-storey building at 36-44 Nathan Road, completed 11 November 1961, now full of guesthouses, shops and services.

Filmed at Chungking Mansions, 36-44 Nathan Road — Filmed here, inside and outside the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: On Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, near the Tsim Sha Tsui MRT station. It is a working building with guesthouses and shops.

The bar where Cop 223 waits for a woman (1994)

Late at night Cop 223 sits in a bar and promises to fall for the first woman who walks in; she wants to be left alone.

Set in Bottoms Up Club — A hostess bar on Hankow Road where a lovelorn cop and a woman in disguise have drinks. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Bottoms Up Club, 14 Hankow Road — The film's bar scene is placed here by one source; a second source gives the address as 12A Peking Road. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: The club has closed, so there is nothing to visit inside; the corner is in Tsim Sha Tsui near Chungking Mansions.

Faye starts work at Midnight Express (1994)

Faye takes a job at the snack bar, where Cop 663 orders the same salad nightly for a girlfriend who has left him.

Set in Midnight Express snack bar — The fast-food shop where Faye works and Cop 663 buys a chef's salad every night. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Lan Kwai Fong was once Matchmaker Lane and became Hong Kong's nightlife hub after Disco Disco opened in 1978.

Filmed at Midnight Express site, D'Aguilar Street, Lan Kwai Fong — The second story was shot in Central near the Midnight Express shop; the exact shop point is not sourced, so this is the district point. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: In Central's Lan Kwai Fong, on D'Aguilar Street; the shop is now a Club 7-Eleven.

The Central-Mid-Levels escalator (1994)

Faye stands on the escalator looking toward Cop 663's window; the moving walkway ties his routine to hers.

Set in Central-Mid-Levels escalator — The long outdoor escalator on Cop 663's route, from where Faye looks toward his window. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Opened 15 October 1993, about 800 m long, climbing 135 m.

Filmed at Central-Mid-Levels escalator — Filmed along this escalator; the two sources place its point about 380 m apart, so this is a point on its line, not the exact scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Runs uphill from Queen's Road Central; ride it up through Central and Soho.

Faye's errands at Graham Street Market (1994)

Faye is out at the market on errands and phones Cop 663 as the weather changes.

Set in Graham Street Market — A street market where Faye runs errands and phones Cop 663. Google Maps · Apple Maps

One of Hong Kong's oldest street markets, more than 160 years old.

Filmed at Graham Street Market (Gage Street) — Several scenes were shot around here; the market's own point is used. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: In Central, a short walk from the escalator and Lan Kwai Fong.

The date at California Restaurant (1994)

Cop 663 invites Faye to California Restaurant at eight and arrives early to wait.

Set in California Restaurant — The restaurant where Cop 663 asks Faye to meet him at eight. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at California Restaurant site, 30-32 D'Aguilar Street — Interior and exterior were filmed here; the address is sourced but its own coordinate is not, so this is the district point. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: The restaurant is gone; the address is now California Tower on D'Aguilar Street.

Filmed at Kai Tak Airport departure hall — Airport scenes tied to the stewardess thread Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Cop 223 — A lovelorn Hong Kong cop who buys pineapple cans that expire on his birthday, 1 May.
• The woman in the blonde wig — A woman in sunglasses who wants to be left alone in a bar.
• Faye — A snack-bar worker who falls for Cop 663.
• Cop 663 — A cop whose girlfriend has left; he talks to his belongings.

Questions answered on the map

• Where is the escalator from Chungking Express, and where was the snack bar really?