Director: Jackie Chan film too violent for China

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 4:02 am

Jackie Chan, the comical kung fu king, is starring in a new movie so violent that its director decided not to release it in mainland China, which doesn’t have a film ratings system.

Hong Kong director Derek Yee told The Associated Press today that he considered toning down the violence in “Shinjuku Incident” so it could pass censorship in China, but decided
not to because he thought it would hurt the integrity of the movie.

Yee said the USD 25 million Chinese-language movie, in which Chan plays a refugee who escapes to Japan and becomes a killer for the mob, has scenes that show characters getting a hand chopped off and pierced with knives.

“We tried to cut the violent scenes to meet the requirements of the Chinese market, but producers I invited to watch that version thought it was incomplete,” he said.

Yee said Chan, who invested in the movie, agreed with his decision.

Solon So, chief executive of Chan’s company, JC Group, confirmed Yee’s account.

China doesn’t have a ratings system, so every movie is released for all audiences. Chinese censors are also wary of subject matter that is politically sensitive, like Tibet or the military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989.

(Agencies)

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Director: Jackie Chan film too violent for China

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