was a child, one of the favorite movies to watch was Jackie Chan and the other was Stephen Chow.
It can be said that I have watched every movie of Jackie Chan and Master Xing more than once.
But did you know that Jackie Chan, who has always been known for his righteous image, also has a work that cannot be released on the mainland?
What we are going to talk about today is his only banned film-"Shinjuku Incident" (2009)
, a Hong Kong gangster film that brings together many Chinese and Japanese stars. Director Er Dongsheng conceived for ten years and created for three years.
originally wanted to catch all the awards in East Asia at one go, but it backfired.
In order to ensure the quality of the film, the director refused to delete or change the violent and bloody scenes.
had no choice but to abandon the mainland market.
failed the trial in mainland China, which was also a major reason for the box office failure.
cost 150 million Hong Kong dollars at a box office of 13 million Hong Kong dollars.
Generally speaking, movies are "banned" for two reasons.
is because the content (shots) of the works is large, such as pornography, violence, and too many bloody scenes.
Two is because the subject matter of the work is sensitive and dark. The
work takes up both. The overall tone of the movie is rather dark, and there are very direct acts of extreme violence.
even has such a naked line:
"Consortiums, gangs, and entertainment circles are all mixed together, the whole world is the same."
director Er Dongsheng. Starring: Jackie Chan, Daniel Wu, Xu Jinglei, Fan Bingbing, Naoto Takenaka.
can be said to be a crowd of stars, all of them exploding in acting. The story of
took place in the 1990s, and smuggling prevailed.
The economy is underdeveloped and there are few job opportunities.
To make a living or to get ahead, many people choose to smuggle to neighboring countries to work hard.
Tietou (Jackie Chan) is one of them, but the purpose is different from other smugglers.
girlfriend Xiuxiu (Xu Jinglei) returned to Japan as an orphan of World War II, and has been heard from since. In order to find his girlfriend,
smuggled to Japan.
has a desirable place in Japan called Kabukicho, movie theaters, video game dance halls, bars, love hotels, etc. It is a city that never sleeps from late night to dawn.
Kabukicho is located at the east exit of Shinjuku Station and is known as the largest red light district in Asia.
and this film focuses on the living conditions of smuggled Chinese in Shinjuku, Japan.
There are scenes of Chinese smuggling, forming gangs, and making money illegally.
also had bloody scenes where members were chopped off their hands.
If you want to really feel the life of the lower-level Chinese in Japan,
will be a good choice.
A group of people rented in someone else’s house and could not speak loudly. If the garbage sorting is not done well, they will be driven out.
has no status, can only do illegal work, suffers and suffers, holding half of the normal salary.
Although Ajie is timid and fearful, he is kind and loyal.
is very good to Tietou, teaches him survival guide, and also helps him find Xiuxiu.
can still be like this in a difficult life, it can only be brotherhood.
saw Xiuxiu again, but accidentally discovered that Xiuxiu had already married a gang boss.
The discouraged iron head began to lead other smugglers in an organized and planned way to find their own dignity.
Under the introduction of Aberdeen, Tietou started selling fake phone cards.
is doing more and more business, and the means are getting darker.
Because he is timid and kind, Ajie does not participate in any fraudulent activities.
His only dream is to have a trolley selling sweet-fried chestnuts.
So everyone pooled together money to buy a chestnut cart, and only let him sell chestnuts on the street.
is in the streets of Shinjuku where he can survive with cruelty, how can he tolerate a naive boy. In a site dispute, Ajie was disfigured by the Tainan Gang boss and detained a chestnut cart.
refused to betray his fellow villager, he was broken his right hand. The
iron head came too late and only brought back Ajie and his broken palm.
(the camera is too bloody, so I won't be able to move the picture)
Iron Head lurks in the bar alone, avenging Ajie.
saved Xiuxiu's man by accident, the triad brother Eguchi.
As long askills two people, the Tainan Gang belongs to him.
He and his brothers can gain a foothold in Shinjuku.
He gave the Kabukicho of the Tainan Gang to his brothers in the same room.
emphasizes that it is not harmful to nature and lawful operation. Once
is in the dark, it is easier said than done. The ending of
's tragedy has long been doomed from the beginning, and the crows that appear from time to time in the movie also metaphor their destruction.
is living in an extremely harsh environment, how can the smugglers have a good ending?
Even the iron head who later went to do serious business was not immune. It seems accidental, but it is inevitable.
In the middle of the story, the smugglers replaced the local gangsters who bullied them, won a bit of freedom, and gained the power and capital to change the future.
However, there is no good way to deal with the crime. Relying on this road, the only way to lead is a dead end. Sadly, they have no choice.
At the same time, from the oppressed to the incumbent, the identity changes drastically, black power and human nature violently collide, human nature is quickly changed, and the small desires have been left behind. Supported by power and driven by wicked desires,
have made many frenzied behaviors.
For profit, the brothers who had shared adversity took knives and poke at each other.
is in a bloody storm, and everyone involved in
on this road of no return is constantly fighting, no one can stop. Some people at
fight for themselves; someone fights for their brothers; someone fights for their families at
; someone fights for their ambitions; someone at
fights their brothers for money.
They turned into an annoying criminal organization, and they were wiped out by the police and local traditional gangs.
In the end, the sacrifice of Iron Head did not reverse the ending of the story.
He gave up his life, but couldn't get righteousness.
No one approves of his morality, brothers under the desire to kill each other.
The love is not recovered, and even the brothers are all dead.
The power of one person in exchange for the extravagant enjoyment of everyone, and finally died because of them.
The boundary between good and evil is completely pale and ridiculous between the standing person and the fallen person. The most sincere emotions in the world,
and the most primitive nature seem to be reflected vividly among these gangs.
General gangster movies are inseparable from the four words "love and righteousness", but
is ruthless in this movie-
love does not end well, and brothers stabbed in the back.
fell one by one. The whole movie of
focuses on two words, which is desire.
Xiuxiu went to Japan to become a lady because of her desire.
Iron Head killed the underworld because of desire.
Eguchi was betrayed because of desire, and the brothers of the iron-headed man were finally miserable because of desire. There are some things in
that you don’t deserve in your life,
, but because you have desires, you will want to pursue them. In the process of pursuing, you will lose some of your own things, some beautiful things. The pessimistic atmosphere of
is moving, and no one is worthy of forgiveness.
This is what makes people desperate and depressing! The profundity of the
movie may be through the screen, using the laughter and curse of the world,
expresses the "white cloud dog" behind human nature. Obviously, director Dongsheng Er's investment in this movie is huge.
Jackie Chan also said that he struggled for a long time because he could not accept the movie:
"I also know that it is difficult for this film to pass film censorship because it is too violent. I don't know if this choice is right. But I have been changing, hoping to be a multi-faceted actor. Yee Dongsheng is a director I trust very much. He used realistic techniques to shoot this film, and I can accept it." The tragedy of the iron head of
, the heavy theme, in the lens The blood and violence...
and Jackie Chan who gave up his signature fight.
makes this movie unacceptable to the public, but it does not mean that "Shinjuku Incident" is not good enough.
Mainland China failed to review, Hong Kong did not buy it, and it is difficult to fill in losses for sincerity. You can't miss such Hong Kong gangster movies like
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