Shinjuku Incident

– Iron Zhao aka Steelhead, a truck repairman from China's Northeast, and settles down as an illegal im..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 59 Minutes
Release Year:
2009
Original Name:
新宿事件
Shinjuku Incident (2009) - Also known as 新宿事件

Iron Zhao aka Steelhead, a truck repairman from China's Northeast, and settles down as an illegal immigrant in Tokyo. After a series of run-ins with the Yakuza, he rises to power as the Don of Chinese illegal immigrants. However, things get out of control when he's foolish enough to believe in clean getaways in a world that offers none, and soon comes to seal his own fate.

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Filming Locations:

Shinjuku Incident (2009) - Trailer

Release Date:

02 Apr 2009

Language:

Mandarin, Japanese, Cantonese, English, Min Nan, Hokkien

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Tung-Shing Yee

Writer:

Tung-Shing Yee, Tin Nam Chun

Main Actors:

Jackie Chan, Naoto Takenaka, Daniel Wu, Jinglei Xu

Plot:

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 lose control over his men which escalates into a giant gang war.

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations.

Production:

Columbia Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
60%
Metacritic:
63%