In Popular Culture
- Raffles is the setting for Murakami Ryu's novel and it's film adaptation titled Raffles Hotel. The film was shot on location.
- The hotel was featured as a Japanese stronghold in Medal of Honor: Rising Sun.
- Raffles Hotel was the subject of Paul O'Grady's Orient for Carlton Television.
- The hotel featured in episodes of the BBC/ABC co-production Tenko.
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