Although it was officially established in 1898, it was post-World War II, following the end of Japanese occupation ... commander announced that Kowloon Walled City's crime rate was under control.

Known as Kowloon Walled City, the area was littered with trash ... During the Second World War, Japanese forces occupied Hong Kong and tore down the city’s walls to extend a runway at a nearby ...

The “Kowloon Walled City: A Cinematic Journey” marks Hong Kong’s largest-ever movie set exhibition, inspired by the 2024 ...

When the Japanese occupied the area during World War II ... Hong Kong saw an influx of refugees settle in the no-longer-walled Walled City. By 1947, the Kowloon Walled City housed around 2,000 ...

Kowloon Walled City was a chaotic and lawless enclave in ... But the city's population rapidly rose following the Japanese occupation during WW2 when its walls were razed for materials.

It was, however, the very real Kowloon Walled City; a 6.4 acre block of buildings ... re-emergence from the realm of the dead, appeared in Japan in 1997 and stayed there. Yet in Stray, the sense ...

Walled In has made 100 million yen (HK$5.1 million) three weeks into its release in Japan, making it the highest-grossing film from the city in the country in five years. Analysts said on Thursday ...

Directed by Soi Cheang, the film immerses audiences in the gritty Kowloon Walled City of the 1980s ... best director and best actress for Kani Kusruti. Japan’s contemplative Teki Cometh ...

Kowloon Walled City was a large and lawless enclave of ... it was after the end of the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II that the city's population rapidly increased.