Shinjuku Incident (traditional Chinese: 新宿事件, Japanese: 新宿インシデント) is a 2009 film starring Jackie Chan and directed by Derek Yee. Filming began in November 2007. The film was produced by Chan's own film company, JCE Movies Limited. On July 16, 2007, it was officially announced that Chan would take part in the project.[1][2]
It was stated in many press reports that the genre of the film would be closer to drama than Chan's trademark action. Director Derek Yee reportedly said, "People are too familiar with the image of a fighting Jackie Chan. It’s time for him to move on to drama."[3] In a recent interview, Chan himself describes the film as, "maybe one per cent action. Heavy drama."[4]
The film was originally to be released on September 25, 2008 but was delayed to the first quarter of 2009. It was premiered at the 2009 Hong Kong International Film Festival and was released on 2 April 2009 in Hong Kong.
In the early 1990s, a tractor mechanic from a northen countryside in China nicknamed Steelhead (Jackie Chan), enters Japan illegally in search of his girlfriend Xiu Xiu (Xu Jinglei). Steelhead and his friend, Jie (Daniel Wu) meet in the busy Shinjuku district of Tokyo and take manual labor jobs to earn money. When Steelhead finds out that Xiu Xiu has married a Japanese yakuza leader named Mr. Eguchi (Masaya Kato), he decides to remain in Japan. When Eguchi was targeted to be murdered, Steelhead saves his life. To consolidate power, Eguchi forms an alliance with Steelhead to carry out his revenge. Soon, Steelhead has become embroiled so deeply in the ways of the yakuza that there is no turning back.
Cast
Jackie Chan - Steelhead
Naoto Takenaka - Inspector Kitano
Daniel Wu - Jie
Xu Jinglei - Xiu Xiu (Yuko)
Fan Bingbing - Lily
Masaya Kato - Eguchi
Yasuaki Kurata
Chin Kar Lok
Lam Suet
Hideaki Takizawa
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