to a dying Jie, who had also escaped but did not survive the attack at the vassal HQ. Steelhead calls Yuko to meet in Okubo station, along with Ayako, but Togawa has already taken Ayako hostage and forces Yuko to tell him where Steelhead is headed. Nakajima intercepts Steelhead; the police arrive in time and exchange gunfire with Nakajima and his men. Nakajima shoots Steelhead, but is then gunned down by Kitano. Steelhead, still alive, flees into the sewers. Kitano follows and finds him being swept away by the current and tries to pull him out, but Steelhead tells him it is useless and Kitano does not know how to swim. Steelhead gives the flash drive to Kitano before the current sweeps his body away, calling his debt to Kitano repaid while remembering how happy he was when he was with his comrades in simpler times. Cast Jackie Chan as Steelhead/Nick Naoto Takenaka as Inspector Kitano Daniel Wu as Jie Xu Jinglei as Xiu Xiu/Yuko Eguchi Masaya Kato as Toshinari Eguchi Tōru Minegishi as Koichi Muranishi Jack Kao as Gao Jie (Taiwanese Gang Leader) Yasuaki Kurata as Taro Watagawa Lam Suet as Old Ghost Fan Bingbing as Lily Chin Ka-lok as Hongkie (Hong Kong Boy) Ken Lo as Little Tai Kenya Sawada as Hiro Nakajima Paul Chun as Uncle Tak Kathy Yuen Ka Yi as Shizuko Teddy Lin as Tai Bao (as Teddy Lin Chun) Hiro Hayama as Togawa Kyohei (as Hiro Hayama) Randy Muscles as Gaijin (uncredited) Wong Wai-fai Lesley Chiang Wu Gang Gladys Fung (as Gladys Fung Ho Sze) Michael J. Rice Ka Leong Chan (as Ringo Chan Ka-leong) Baudouin Euloge Adogony Chu Cho-Kuen Takumi Saito Production According to director Derek Yee, the film has been in the planning stages for almost 10 years, and was due to start filming in May 2006. Because Chan was busy filming Rush Hour 3, filming for Shinjuku Incident was delayed. Yee didn't mind waiting until Chan's busy schedule had a slot, as the two are good friends and because Yee feels Chan is right for the role. On 26 September 2007, it stated on Chan's website that filming will begin in "a few weeks" in Japan. Filming began in November 2007. However, due to significant amounts of violence in the film, director Yee made a conscious decision not to release the film in mainland China. China does not have a film