Takeshi Kaneshiro

Takeshi Kaneshiro
Country: Hong Kong
Total Credits at Criticker: 41 (Actor)
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House of Flying Daggers
The year is 859 AD, and China's once flourishing Tang Dynasty is in decline. Unrest is raging throughout the land, and the corrupt government is locked in battle with rebel armies that are forming in protest. The largest and most prestigious of these rebel groups is the House of Flying Daggers, which is growing ever more powerful under a mysterious new leader. (Sony Pictures Classics)
+4
Returner
The year is 2084 and the human race is fighting an alien militia to save the last remnant of civilization. A young heroine name Milly (Suzuki) escapes the war and jumps back in time to present-day Japan in an attempt to change history and prevent the demise of her people. (Destination Films)
Too Tired To Die
Kenji (Kaneshiro) is an aimless young Japanese man living in New York whose life changes dramatically when he dreams about Death (Sorvino) in the form of a beautiful woman and sees her in his reality. When she tells him he has only 12 hours left to live, the clueless man tries to make sense out of his meaningless life... and time is running out. (Wonsuk Chin)
Chungking Express
Wong Kar-Wai's movie about two love-struck cops is filmed in impressionistic splashes of motion and color (imdb)
Dr. Wai in the Scripture with No Words
A serial adventure writer with problems in his personal life lives out the adventures of his literary hero, King of Adventurers. (imdb)
Fallen Angels
A disillusioned killer embarks on his last hit but first he has to overcome his affections for his cool, detached partner (imdb)
+6
Storm Riders
Lord Conquer is a great and mighty warlord who wants to take over the world. To do so, he must defeat another warrior named Saintly Edge; but the battle is prophesized to take place in ten years. (imdb)
Confession of Pain
A detective helps a friend investigate the mysterious death of his father. (imdb)
The Warlords
It's a heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. It is based on "The Assassination of Ma," a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) story about the killing of general Ma Xinyi. The story was filmed by Zhang Che in 1973 as The Blood Brothers. (imdb)
+7
Red Cliff
In the early third century, the land of Wu is invaded by the warlord Cao Cao and his million soldiers. The ruler of Wu, Sun Quan, calls on the rival warlord Liu Bei for help, but their two armies are still badly outnumbered. However, the Wu strategist Zhou Yu sees that Cao Cao's army is unused to battling on the sea, which may just give them a chance if they can exploit this weakness properly. (imdb)
+7
Perhaps Love
A love triangle develops during the making of a musical in mainland China. (imdb)
Suwîto rein: Shinigami no seido
As the Grim Reaper in human form, Chiba appears seven days before a person dies an unexpected death. His job is to observe the person for seven days, and then decide either to 'execute' or 'pass over'...Today, again, in the rain, he waits. His subject, her death due in seven days, is Kazue Fujiki, 27. She works for a manufacturing company, in the complaints department. Exhausted after her day, she emerges from her office. It's time for the Reaper to go to work. (asiacue.com)
Burger Cop
Sammo Hung plays a cop on the trail of drug dealers. Customs officer Yuen Biao is investigating the same gang. Sammo's new partner is eager-beaver Takeshi Kaneshiro. Despite each having their own ideas on how best to proceed, they are teamed together and must put aside their differences in order to crack the case. Romance, plot twists, comedic asides, and, of course, plenty of fights bring the film to a climatic and bruising conclusion. (imdb)
Tian ya hai jiao
Lam meets Mr. Worm, a kind of PI, to find her lover Ted for her. Flashbacks show she is diagnosed having a serious illness. While recovering a bit she helps Mr. Worm to solve a very hard case. Before she gets any worse, she decides to visit Ted's homeland, GB, making the most of her life. Along the way, she finds out more about herself and life than she was initially looking for. (imdb)
Executioners
Set some time after the original 'Heroic Trio' the city has been devastated by nuclear attack. An evil deformed villain controls the city's scarce water supply, exerting influence over both a popular leader and a militarist colonel. The trio of Chat the Thief catcher, Ching and Wonder Woman (along with her young daughter) have to avert a military takeover and find clean headwaters to save the city. (imdb)
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
A circus acrobat named Heikichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) is framed for a crime he didn't commit and is forced to hunt down the real criminal--a man with the unique ability to change his appearance at will. (nipponcinema.com)
Red Cliff II
In the early third century, the land of Wu is invaded by the warlord Cao Cao and his million soldiers. The ruler of Wu, Sun Quan, calls on the rival warlord Liu Bei for help, but their two armies are still badly outnumbered. However, the Wu strategist Zhou Yu sees that Cao Cao's army is unused to battling on the sea, which may just give them a chance if they can exploit this weakness properly. (imdb)
Sleepless Town
Amidst a battle of crime lords from Taiwan, Shanghai, and Neijing, a former member of the Taiwanese Mafia finds himself drawn to a mysterious woman who comes onto the scene to expose his former partner. (HKFlix)
Space Travelers
Three bank robbers, who declare themselves to be Space Travelers, take six hostages when they are surrounded by the police. In order to escape, the robbers ask the hostages to pretend to be part of the gang. Surprisingly, the hostages enjoy it... (HKFlix)
Choh chin luen hau dik yi yan sai gaai
First love happens once in a lifetime. One cannot foretell how and when it happens, and one cannot rewrite the case once it is over. FIRST LOVE - LITTER ON THE BREEZE tells two tales of first love: before and after.
Turn Left, Turn Right
This is a movie about two people (Gigi Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro), who are destined to be together but by some twist of circumstances they never find each other.
Dragon
A sinful martial arts expert wants to start a new tranquil life, only to be hunted by a determined detective and his former master.
+8
Hero
Ma Wing Jing and his older brother Ma Tai Chueng arrive in Shanghai to make their fortune at the end of the Qin Dynasty. Be-friending a powerful mobster (Tam Sei) Wing Jing is given his nightclub in return for saving Tam Sei's life. Unfortunately, another Gangster wants the territory a well. Corruption and violence rule the streets as Wing Jing and Tam Sei must battle not only the rival gangs but the corrupt police officials as well. (imdb)
+1
Downtown Torpedoes
A group of industrial spies are arrested by the Hong Kong government, instead of being sent to prison they are offered a special mission. The printing plates for the British Pound have been recently stolen but the Hong Kong government has found out that the plates are in the possession of MI5 (British Intelligence). (asianwiki.com)
The Odd One Dies
The ODD ONE DIES is the story of a "rascal" (Takeshi Kaneshiro) that offers to kill somebody for money. With the money he receives, he gambles and winds up winning. After getting the money he needs, he decides that he no longer wants to do the murder so he arranges for somebody else to do it. That other person is actually a hitwoman. The two become attached and they leave who will do the hit up to chance. (loveandbullets.com)
Forever Friends
A couple of friends join the Taiwanese army to fight the Mainland Chinese. But life in the army isn't all that they dreamed off.... (imdb)
No Sir
Hilarious sequel to the movies 'Yes Sir' and 'Yes Sir 2,' about the Nationalist soldiers of the Taiwan Army. This is equivalent in the US as M*A*S*H 3. (imdb)
School Days
A Taiwan-Hong Kong production, the film stars Kaneshiro as Eagle, a reformed rebel who still scares the bejesus out of all his classmates. His too-cool stoicism comes into play when new kid Jimmy Lin moves into town. He's from a rich family, is mighty cute, and dances real well during recess. Sadly, the evil bullies envy him, which leads to lots of...well, bullying. (lovehkfilm.com)
God, Please Give Me More Time
A touching love story about a girl Kano Masaki (Fukada) who contracted HIV after selling her body in order to earn money for the concert of a famous composer Ishikawa Keigo (Kaneshiro). After the concert, Keigo saw Masaki chasing after his van. She was drenched, and thus Keigo took her to his apartment, where they spent the night. (mydramalist.com)
The Crossing
In the midst of the Chinese Revolution during the late 1940s, couples flee to the island of Taiwan. (imdb)
The Crossing 2
A story of three couples and their intertwining love stories set in 1940s Taiwan and Shanghai, centered around the 1949 sinking of Taiping. (imdb)
Mermaid Got Married
After falling in the water and almost drowning, a young schoolteacher finds himself lying on a beach, unable to remember what happened. Unbeknownst to him, his rescuer is a mermaid, who has fallen in love with him. To pursue her love, the mermaid comes onto land and enrolls in his school as a student. Things don't work out as she planned, however, as she soon attracts the jealousy of the other girls in the school. (imdb)
Anna Magdalena
A shy piano tuner lets a free-spirited, out-of-work, aspiring novelist move into his apartment, just in time for both to be smitten by the pretty, piano-playing woman who moves in upstairs.
See You Tomorrow
A young woman falls in love with married painter Ma Li, whose wife is unfaithful to him. (imdb)
This Is Not What I Expected
An obsessive CEO of a company meets a ragged chef by chance. They are drawn closer together because of their love for delicacies, yet their personalities clash big time.
+4
Jail in Burning Island
A young police officer "makes a mess" of a police operation, shoots a man in self-defense, and ends up in prison. There he learns that the world isn't black and white, but has many shades of gray, and makes new friends and enemies. (imdb)
Zhong Guo long
Two young Shaolin fighters go to Hawaii and get mixed up in international espionage while befriending some locals.
Lavender
A young woman's life is changed when an angel with a broken wing lands on her balcony. (Wikipedia.org)
Sam dung
Cheryl is a Hong Kong-based film director who uses the story of her first love as the basis for her next screen project. As she tells her tale to a screenwriter, she relives memories from a more innocent time. (imdb)
Trouble Maker
A meek, middle-aged schoolteacher is put in charge of a class of trouble makers. Unable to withstand the torments they put him through, he runs away to a Shaolin temple. At the temple, he studies martial arts under the guidance of an old master. With his new skills, he returns to school and whips his misbehaving students into shape. (imdb)
Misty
In a forest, a man was murdered and his wife raped. The eyewitnesses make their statements, but they are very contradictory. Who is telling the truth and who is lying?