A just-launched free exhibition is bringing Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City to life on the site where it once stood.
Once the world’s most densely populated place, Kowloon Walled City’s maze-like architecture and lawless atmosphere has been much-loved by filmmakers and historians.
The “Kowloon Walled City: A Cinematic Journey” marks Hong Kong’s largest-ever movie set exhibition, inspired by the 2024 action blockbuster ‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In’.
Over the next three years, visitors can step into scenes from the film through full-scale recreations of the Walled City’s gritty 1980s alleyways and storefronts, from a tailor shop and bone-setting clinic to a barber and fish ball factory.
The experience is expected drive deeper exploration of Kowloon City – still one of Hong Kong’s most culturally rich neighbourhoods.