Shinjuku Incident (2009)

A simple Chinese immigrant wages a perilous war against one of the most powerful criminal organizations on the planet.

Director:

Tung-Shing Yee

Writers:

Tung-Shing Yee, Tin Nam Chun

Stars:

Jackie Chan, Naoto Takenaka, Daniel Wu

1 win & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jackie Chan	...	Steelhead
Naoto Takenaka	...	Inspector Kitano
Daniel Wu	...	Jie
Jinglei Xu	...	Xiu Xiu / Yuko Eguchi (as Xu Jing Lei)
Masaya Katô	...	Toshinari Eguchi
Bingbing Fan	...	Lily (as Fan Bing Bing)
Tôru Minegishi	...	Koichi Muranishi
Kenya Sawada	...	Nakajima (as Kenya)
Jack Kao	...	Gao Jie
Paul Chun	...	Uncle De
Suet Lam	...	Old Ghost
Hiroyuki Nagato	...	Hara Ooda
Yasuaki Kurata	...	Taro Watagawa
Kar Lok Chin	...	Hongkie (as Chin Ka Lok)
Ken Lo	...	Little Tai (as Kenneth Low)

Storyline

In China, the poor worker Tietou repairs tractors and misses his sweetheart Xiu Xiu, back in Japan, she having never sent any news to her family or him. While illegally emigrating to Japan, Tietou loses his Chinese documents and so cannot return to his country. He is welcomed by his countrymen who lodge and work in Shinjuku where they also help him to find illegal work. While running from a police raid through the sewage system where Chinese are illegally working, Tietou saves Inspector Kitano from drowning in the dirty water. Later, after an incident with his cousin, Joe, and a Taiwan gang, Tietou saves the powerful Yakuza boss Toshinari Eguchi. He is the husband of Xiu Xiu, who is now called Yuko and are parents of a little daughter. The mobster offers a dirty job to Tietou; in retribution, he promises to deliver the quarter dominated by the Taiwan gang to him. Tietou becomes the boss of the Chinese illegal immigrants. But his peaceful methods make him unpopular and Tietou starts to...

---

Plot Keywords:

gratitude | chinese | gang | japan | immigrant | 

---

Taglines:

They destroyed his life... Now he'll destroy them all.

---

Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

---

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for graphic violence, brief sexuality and drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Hong Kong] Official site [Japan]

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin Japanese Cantonese English Min Nan Hokkien

Release Date:

2 April 2009 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Jackie Chan in Shinjuku Incident

Filming Locations:

China

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Emperor Dragon Movies

Technical Specs

Runtime:

119 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This movie was originally to be released on September 25, 2008, but was delayed because of resistance from the Beijing government.

---

Goofs

Jackie Chan's character's name, Tie Tou, is translated as "Steelhead", but the literal translation should be iron head.

---

Alternate Versions

German distributor KSM released two DVDs: one features the uncut version and is rated "Not under 18". The other one is cut by ca. 1,5 minutes and has a "Not under 16" rating.

User Reviews

Great movie

This is a totally different style of movie that we are so used to see from Jackie.

It is however a very touching story that i highly recommend to others to watch.

The movie is enticing all the way and the directory has done a fantastic job in his filming and story telling.

Given my background, i can very much identify with the characters in the movie.

Life is full of surprises, highs, lows, twists, irony, love, hate, joy, pride and all these are found in the movie.

Just loved it.