Asian Movie News - Written by AdminHQ on Saturday, September 27, 2008 1:26 - 3 Comments
Emperor Films deny ‘Shinjuku Incident’ is delayed
HONG KONG — Emperor Motion Pictures on Friday denied reports that the forthcoming Jackie Chan drama “Shinjuku Incident” has met with resistance from the film bureau in
The $15 million drama, in which action star Chan plays an illegal immigrant working in Japan, originally was scheduled to open in Hong Kong and China this month.
Shot in
Reports in Chinese-language media said Friday that director Derek Yee’s film was refused a release permit in
EMP denied the reports and said the film had not yet been submitted for permit approval.
“Postproduction of the film is still under way, and the film has not yet been sent to the Chinese censors,” the EMP spokesperson said.
As well as Jackie, the film also stars Ken Watanabe (“Letters From Iwo Jima”) and Daniel Wu (“Protege”).
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Robert Manning
William Stockton
I had a feeling there was some problem with this movie as shooting wrapped almost 7 months ago! I hope Chan doesn’t chop the film down too much just to ensure a China release.
Cheryl Keen
I guess with how touchy the Chinese Government is with subjects and how their country is seen to outsiders we will never really see any gritty or quality films in China anymore…. Poor Jackie and other Hong Kong film-makers…
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This is not good news! I really wanna see this movie.