Shinjuku Incident

Shinjuku Incident
Hong Kong film poster
Directed byDerek Yee
Written byDerek Yee
Chun Tin-nam
Produced byWillie Chan
Solon So
StarringJackie Chan
Naoto Takenaka
Daniel Wu
Xu Jinglei
Fan Bingbing
CinematographyKita Nobayasu
Edited byKong Chi-leung
Cheung Ka-fai
Music byPeter Kam
Distributed byJCE Movies Limited
Lark Films Distribution[1]
Release date
  • 2 April 2009 (2009-04-02)
Running time
119 minutes
Countries
  • Hong Kong
  • Japan
LanguagesMandarin
Japanese
Cantonese
English
Southern Min
Hokkien
Budget$15,000,000
Box office$5,461,200[1]
Shinjuku Incident
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese新宿事件
Simplified Chinese新宿事件
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīnsù Shìjiàn
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingSan1 Suk1 Si6 Gin2
Japanese name
Kanji新宿インシデント
Kanaしんじゅくインシデント
Hiraganaしんじゅくいんしでんと
Katakanaシンジュクインシデント
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnShinjuku Inshidento
Kunrei-shikiSinzyuku Insidento
Nihon-shikiSinzyuku Insidento

Shinjuku Incident (Chinese: 新宿事件; pinyin: Xīnsù Shìjiàn; Jyutping: San1 Suk1 Si6 Gin2, Japanese: 新宿インシデント Shinjuku Inshidento) is a 2009 Hong Kong crime drama film directed by Derek Yee, and written by Yee and Chun Tin-nam. It stars Jackie Chan, Naoto Takenaka, Daniel Wu, Xu Jinglei, and Fan Bingbing. The film tells the story of Steelhead (Chan), a labour worker from China who travels to Japan as an illegal immigrant to look for his long-lost fiancée Xiu Xiu (Jinglei), only to be embroiled in the brutal Japanese underworld.

The film was distributed by Chan's own film company, JCE Movies Limited. It was originally to be released on 25 September 2008 but was delayed to the first quarter of 2009. It premiered at the 2009 Hong Kong International Film Festival and was released on 2 April 2009. The film received generally positive reviews from critics.

  1. ^ a b "Shinjuku Incident".