Kowloon Stories

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Real estate agents Reiko Kujirai and Hajime Kudo work in the nostalgic Kowloon Walled City. As they spend more time together, Reiko's feelings for Hajime grow. But when she finds a photo of him and his former fiancée, she's shocked to see the woman looks exactly like her. Reiko then realizes a chilling truth: she has no memory of her past.

The last days of the Qing dynasty remain shattered by the overflow of rebellions against the throne. The emperor faced the shadow of death and the loss of the riches they made their own. All overpowered by one gang - the Kowloon Kings. Eventually, in the 1980s Hong Kong and Shanghai, powerful gangs rival against each other. Fighting for the land their ancestors bought with their blood. ["I am not your answer. And I'm sure as a drunken swan you are not mine, either."]

Obi's life has hit rock bottom, forced to live in a small room in small but packed town. His steps drag with depression as he navigates life in Valera.

A short vignette about a hypothetical man living in the walled city of Kowloon. Inspired by Dostoevsky's famous thriller which explores the mind murderer, this short story explores the mind of a man who is immoral, a thief who believes he lives in a world of other thieves. Inspired by Hemingway and Bukowski.