Hong Kong is the heart of cyberpunk culture. “Blade Runner” a Hollywood film co-produced by Shaw Brothers in 1982, has depicted stunning futuristic Cyber cityscapes that was heavily influenced by Hong Kong and was famously considered to be the classic cyberpunk film of all time that spearheaded and cultivated the genre.

Since after that, cyberpunk can never be separated from Hong Kong, and tons of work belong to the cyberpunk genre have been produced with Hong Kong as part of the futuristic aesthetics. Some scenes in Ghost in the Shell were filmed in Sham Shui Po, where saturated neon lights and metropolitan style high-rises create the ideal aesthetic and mood.