As some of you may have heard, Jackie Chan’s latest film, "Shinjuku Incident" will not be released in China as the censorship board has problems with the amount of violence in the film and also the portrayal of Chinese involved with organised crime while living abroad. The irony here is that the film will be shown in Japan despite the overwhelmingly negative portrayal of the Japanese in the film. Check out the Japanese trailer above.
Directed by Derek Yee (One Night In Mongkok), "Shinjuku Incident" marks a new turn in Chan’s career as he moves away from the action/comedy films that he is well known for. The film will feature very little of Chan’s trademark screen action but instead focuses mostly on the dramatic story.
In the upcoming crime drama, Chan plays an illegal Chinese immigrant in Japan. He gets involved with the local yakuza crime lords and is forced to commit crimes against his conscience in order to survive. The film will co-star Naoto Takenaka, Daniel Wu, Xu Jinglei, and Fan Bingbing with appearances by Asian film veterans Chin Kar-lok, Ken Watanabe, Yasuaki Kurata, and Lam Suet.
"Shinjuku Incident" opens in Hong Kong and Malaysia on April 2, 2009 and in Japan on May 1, 2009.
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