# Shinjuku Incident (2009)

> An undocumented Chinese laborer is pulled into Shinjuku’s violent criminal underworld while trying to protect his community and reclaim a lost love.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/12105

## Facts

- Runtime: 119 min
- Genres: Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
- Director: Derek Yee Tung-Sing
- Cast: Jackie Chan, Naoto Takenaka, Daniel Wu, Fan Bingbing, Xu Jinglei, Masaya Katō, Toru Minegishi, Jack Kao
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1075419/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: brutal, tense, melancholic, crime movie night, jackie chan retrospective

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