Ante todo, decir que lo vi en
este hilo de Meristation y me gustó tanto que lo posteo aqui.
El caso es que viendo estas imagenes (sacadas de
aqui y
aqui) se ve que
Yu Suzuki se documentó mucho antes de recrear esta ciudad en el juego Shenmue II.
Extraido de la primera web:
Inhabiting a block the size of the Tokyo Dome, Kowloon Walled City resembed a living, breathing creature, born from its inhabitants over its long lifespan. But the walled city was more than a physical conglomeration of buildings and people, it was an inadvertent symbol of the long struggle between China and Hong Kong, ruled by neither. It was an "in-between zone" whose remarkable existence today can best be comprehended through images, statistics and interviews. These pages give a brief overview of Kowloon Walled City (KWC) in historical, personal, architectural and political terms.
Y extraido de la segunda:
The Kowloon Walled City existed as a scapegoat of dark side of Asia.
Drags, Gambling, Prostitutes, the city was a only place for criminal people were living, crim-freaker were gathering, and just a unsolved labyrinth.
However, do we know their real faces?
To approaching the Kowloon Walled City, you will need some datas; composed and rich imagination. And, more over, any directly connected infomation will be the most needed for it. (The Kowloon Walled City Expedition put huge amount of information together into a picture book named "The kowloon Walled City Illustration.")
Una ciudad al margen de la ley donde se concentra el crimen, el juego, las drogas y la prostitución. 50.000 habitantes de los cuales solo 34.000 están censados
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