In the 30 years of Hong Kong's golden movies, Mong Kok has been the most photographed and indispensable protagonist. It has the most crowded streets, a crowded shopping paradise, and a legendary landmark full of excitement. There are countless Hong Kong films filmed in Mong Kok, the most classic of which is "Mong Kok Carmen" directed by Wong Kar-wai. At that time, Wong Kar-wai was not yet a god, and it was with this work that he became a "genius director" - he made this film out of the vulgar from an extremely secular and stereotyped Hong Kong film, which won more than a dozen nominations for the Hong Kong Film Awards that year; "Mong Kok Carmen" is also the first collaboration between Andy Lau and Maggie Cheung, and Andy was nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards for the first time.
Movies named after "Mong Kok" also include "Mong Kok Racecourse", "Mong Kok Carmen", "Mong Kok FIT Man", "Mong Kok Dark Night" and so on. In the crowded Mong Kok, the emoji Jacky Cheung was chased and beaten for playing billiards; The killer played by Wu Yanzu died on the streets of Mong Kok; Andy Lau rescued Jacky Cheung and was scarred here; Ekin Cheng, Chen Xiaochun, Xie Tianhua, and Lin Xiaofeng wore black leather clothes and walked into the streets in slow motion...... In the 80s of the last century, Mong Kok was a mixed place, where many gangs, landlords, and gangsters were entrenched, hiding in fights, gambling, loan sharks, and drug dealing.
Mong Kok is located in the middle of the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong, and together with Yau Ma Tei and Tsim Sha Tsui, it forms the most famous Yau Tsim Mong district in Kowloon. These places all have the presence of the Hong Kong underworld in the movie, "Dragon and Tiger", "The True Colors of Heroes", "Infernal Affairs", "Crazy Boy", "Underworld", a large number of underworld groups have grabbed territory here, and the small Hong Kong Island is divided into scattered places, the boss of Sai Wan Kei, the boss of Kwai Tsing Han Bin, the boss of Tsim Sha Tsui, the boss of Bowlan Street Thirteen Sisters, the boss of Tuen Mun Pheasant, the boss of North Point Da Fei, and the boss of Causeway Bay Chan Ho Nam...... With the help of the take-off of Hong Kong films, these place names have also become the most familiar places for many mainlanders in Hong Kong.
Today, Mong Kok is the most crowded area in Hong Kong, and since the beginning of World War II, several waves of immigration from the mainland have led to a growing population density in Mong Kok. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Mong Kok is the most densely populated region in the world, with an average density of 130,000 people per square kilometre. Most of the underworld here is artistic creation, and more people are currently shopping here. There are many traces of the past in Mong Kok, and traditional shops such as old-fashioned cake shops, shrine shops, and sparrow houses still exist.
Many shops and restaurants are open all night, and many characteristic streets are worth savoring: Ladies Market, which runs from Dundas Street to Argyle Street, is named for selling women's products such as clothing, cosmetics and furnishings; Sneaker Street, a section of Fa Yuen Street, is named after the many shops selling sneakers; Sai Yeung Choi Street and Ladies Market stand side by side, and shops selling trendy clothing, electronic products and snacks are very popular among Hong Kong youth.
The transportation in Mong Kok is quite convenient, with subway, minibuses and buses leading to Mong Kok. And in Hong Kong, where every inch of land is expensive, accommodation in Mong Kok is relatively concentrated and cheap, where you can choose Mong Kok Hotel to figure out the Mong Kok night in the heart of director Er Dongsheng.
