This is the most "first" movie that has harvested Jackie Chan, the first time to play a villain, the first time to kill people directly, and even the first time to deal with the Japanese underworld
This is also the most powerful transformation of Jackie Chan, the most tragic ending of a movie, spent 10 years, invested 150 million, only received more than 10 million box office, so that Jackie Chan was reborn, but because of the truth was banned from the mainland, we will talk about the wonderful behind-the-scenes of "Shinjuku Incident" today
After the return of Hong Kong in 1997, people on the one hand yearn for the beauty of a new life, on the other hand, they are also worried that their future cannot be guaranteed, and in the process of contradictions, many Hong Kong people choose immigrants, but immigration is the right choice, obviously not
As the movie tells, most countries do not accept foreign visitors, so the life of smugglers is difficult, but Hong Kong magazines are still happy to discuss the topic of immigration, and director Er Dongsheng saw it and felt mixed feelings
He wanted to tell everyone in his own way, "We shouldn't spend our lives like this Chinese, we should learn to stick together."
So Er Dongsheng collected countless real cases from Japanese Chinese, including the prototype of the iron head is Li Xiaomu, who is a character who has to give up three points when the Japanese gangsters see it, and it is also he who provides a lot of stories to Er Dongsheng, so he has spent three years to deliberate on the script, and then Er Dongsheng prepared for 10 years, and after everything was ready, the film was officially put into production in 2007
Ten years of grinding a sword, so careful a movie, Er Dongsheng must hope to be seen by more people, which requires a heavyweight starring to join, Jackie Chan has become the first candidate, and his interpretation in "Miracle" has made Er Dongsheng think that Jackie Chan has great potential in acting, so he wants to create a new Jackie Chan
Maybe Er Dongsheng did not expect how successful his decision was at that time, although Jackie Chan's wife Lin Fengjiao had unilaterally "killed" this contract, but Jackie Chan did not even see the script, and he should make a film appointment, not only because he wanted to become an actor who could act from an action actor, but also because the director was Er Dongsheng
Audiences who know Jackie Chan know that more than half of the films he participated in were arranged by Jackie Chan, and the director was sometimes like a tool man, but when filming "Shinjuku Incident", Jackie Chan was like a student who had just left school
Er Dongsheng said what to shoot, Jackie Chan acted, was shouted card on the humbly listened to the director to talk about the script, how to read this line, in order to express the desired emotions, how to use an action to reflect the mood and personality of the character, under the tutelage of Er Dongsheng, Jackie Chan gradually groped to the state
Take the scene where Wu Yanzu's hand is cut off, Jackie Chan's crying drama not only drives Wu Yanzu, but also casts a layer of gloom in the hearts of viewers
However, jackie Chan wants to transform, and the biggest problem is still playing drama
"Shinjuku Incident" is a heavy movie, it needs not to be born to fight Jackie Chan, but to a Jackie Chan who can't fight, so in order to present the most suitable play for the role, Jackie Chan specially found Qian Jiale, asked him to serve as a martial arts instructor, and designed a group of "fights of people who can't do kung fu", which can make Qian Jiale bad
But the most headache for Qian Jiale is to shoot a scene of a garbage dump, in the film he was hit by the garbage dumped by the garbage truck, the whole person smashed in the garbage mountain, this scene is very uncomfortable to watch, and Qian Jiale has shot seven times, every time he comes out of the garbage heap, his first reaction is not to cry pain, but "it stinks"
As mentioned earlier, Er Dongsheng invited Jackie Chan to star, first of all, he took a fancy to his heavyweight, in other words, it is also an influence, which is vividly displayed in the shooting
Japanese rules are mostly recognized, but when encountering Jackie Chan, it is different, never open Kobe Minatogawa Waterway, make an exception for the crew to shoot, take pictures will have restrictions on Kabukicho, the Japanese government directly opened, even the underworld gangsters did not resist the temptation of Jackie Chan, the queue welcomed the arrival of Jackie Chan, more than 20 banquets of the trench, directly scared Jackie Chan to run
In addition, the blackened Wu Yanzu in the film is not particularly handsome, this image is actually his own design, originally wanted to make the image worse, but after the release of the film, because it is too handsome, so that the fans of the three views follow the five senses, Wu Yanzu relies on the villain role, gained the love of countless fans, this is probably the trouble of the handsome guy
The actor is distressed, and the director Er Dongsheng is also distressed
On April 2, 2009, "Shinjuku Incident" abandoned the mainland market for release in Hong Kong, and although it took 10 years of preparation and an investment of 150 million yuan, it only received 14.4 million at the box office, and did not win a single award
But I have to say that this movie will be human nature and society, bluntly exposed to you, tell us what is called the truth, what is helpless, as if through the screen can feel the despair and heaviness, but also can feel, standing here in the moonlight shines in the home country, no panic and no sadness
Now that 13 years have passed since the release of "Shinjuku Incident", as fans, we are still looking forward to the long-form film of "Shinjuku Incident" mentioned by Er Dongsheng in the interview, which has been stored in his hard disk
Look forward to seeing the more real content that Er Dongsheng said should be left the most, but must not be painstakingly deleted for the needs of investors and the market