Takeshi Kaneshiro

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Chungking Express

(1994)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant he frequents.

Runtime:

103 min

Director:

Wong Kar-wai

Cast:

Brigitte Lin, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Faye Wong

8.1

89%

78

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House of Flying Daggers

(2004)

Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance

In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

Runtime:

119 min

Director:

Zhang Yimou

Cast:

Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Ziyi, Song Dandan, Andy Lau, Zhao Hongfei

7.5

87%

89

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Red Cliff

(2008)

Action, Adventure, Drama, War

In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu an...

Runtime:

146 min

Director:

John Woo

Cast:

Chang Chen, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Chiling Lin, Shido Nakamura

7.4

91%

73

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Fallen Angels

(1995)

Action, Crime, Romance

In this bifurcated crime narrative, a disillusioned hitman attempts to escape from his violent lifestyle against the wishes of his partner, who is infatuated with him, and an eccentric mute repeatedly encounters, then subsequently falls for a depressed woman looking for the prostitute who supposedly stole her ex-boyfriend's affections.

Runtime:

98 min

Director:

Wong Kar-wai

Cast:

Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung

7.7

95%

71

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Red Cliff Part II

(2009)

Action, Drama, History, War

The battle of Red Cliff continues and the alliance between Xu and East Wu is fracturing. With Cao Cao's massive forces on their doorstep, will the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu survive?

Runtime:

142 min

Director:

John Woo

Cast:

Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi, Zhao Wei, Chang Chen

7.6

N/A

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The Warlords

(2007)

Action, Drama, History

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.

Runtime:

126 min

Director:

Peter Chan, Raymond Yip Wai-Man

Cast:

Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Xu Jinglei, Guo Xiaodong

7.0

63%

70

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Dragon

(2011)

Action, Drama, Thriller

A sinful martial arts expert wants to start a new tranquil life, only to be hunted by a determined detective and his former master.

Runtime:

115 min

Director:

Peter Chan

Cast:

Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tang Wei, Jimmy Wang Yu, Kara Hui

7.1

84%

62

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Returner

(2002)

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

After an alien invasion threatens to annihilate the human race, a young Japanese girl, named Milly, travels back in time from 2084 to October 2002, and enlists the reluctant aid of skilled Tokyo gunman, named Miyamoto, to discover and prevent the start of the war. However, trouble ensues when the two protagonists are forced to deal wit...

Runtime:

116 min

Director:

Takashi Yamazaki

Cast:

Takeshi Kaneshiro, Anne Suzuki, Kirin Kiki, Gorô Kishitani, Yukiko Okamoto

6.5

36%

36

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Confession of Pain

(2006)

Crime, Drama, Thriller

A detective helps a friend investigate the mysterious death of his father.

Runtime:

110 min

Director:

Andrew Lau, Alan Mak

Cast:

Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Shu Qi

6.5

N/A

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Perhaps Love

(2005)

Drama, Music, Romance

A love triangle develops during the making of a musical in mainland China.

Runtime:

108 min

Director:

Peter Chan

Cast:

Jacky Cheung, Zhou Xun, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Hong Jin-hee, Eric Tsang

6.9

N/A

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K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces

(2008)

Action, Adventure, Crime

In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class and the dirt poor masses. The city is thrown into a state of panic when a phantom thief called “The Kaijin (Fiend) with 20 Faces” (K-20 for short) begins to use his mysterious abilities to ...

Runtime:

137 min

Director:

Shimako Satō

Cast:

Takeshi Kaneshiro, Takako Matsu, Toru Nakamura, Kanata Hongo, Jun Kunimura

6.6

N/A

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Turn Left, Turn Right

(2003)

Romance

An aspiring violinist and a professional translator live parallel lives and appear to be perfect for each other, but somehow fate seems to keep them apart. Living in different units of the same apartment building, they never meet, because when they leave, one turns left, and one turns right.

Runtime:

96 min

Director:

Wai Ka-Fai, Johnnie To

Cast:

Takeshi Kaneshiro, Gigi Leung, Edmund Chen, Wei-Lum Shu, Terri Kwan

6.8

N/A

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Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death

(2008)

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Chiba appears seven days before a person dies an unexpected death. His job is to observe the person for seven days 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. She works for a manufacturing company in the complaints department. Exhausted ...

Runtime:

113 min

Director:

Masaya Kakei

Cast:

Takeshi Kaneshiro, Manami Konishi, Sumiko Fuji, Takuya Ishida, Ken Mitsuishi

7.0

N/A

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Dr. Wai In The Scripture With No Words

(1996)

Action, Comedy

A serial adventure writer with problems in his personal life lives out the adventures of his literary hero, King of Adventurers.

Runtime:

86 min

Director:

Ching Siu-Tung

Cast:

Jet Li, Collin Chou, Rosamund Kwan, Billy Chow, Takeshi Kaneshiro

5.8

N/A

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The Crossing

(2014)

Drama

During the Chinese Revolution in 1949, three couples flee from China to an island of Taiwan.

Runtime:

129 min

Director:

John Woo

Cast:

Zhang Ziyi, Song Hye-kyo, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Huang Xiaoming, Masami Nagasawa

6.1

N/A

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This Is Not What I Expected

(2017)

Comedy, Romance

Lu Jin is a handsome, wealthy hotel executive whose drive for perfection is matched only by his taste for fine cuisine. When he checks into the Rosebud, he's dissatisfied with everything he sees and is ready to take action... until flamboyant female sous chef Gu Shengnan creates the perfectionist what may be a perfect meal. Now, these ...

Runtime:

106 min

Cast:

金城武, Zhou Dong Yu, Tony Yang, Yi-zhou Sun

6.6

67%

N/A

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Executioners

(1993)

Action, Comedy, Science Fiction

Set some time after the The Heroic Trio (1993) 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...

Runtime:

101 min

Director:

Ching Siu-Tung, Johnnie To

Cast:

Anita Mui, Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung, Damian Lau, Anthony Wong

5.8

N/A

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Tempting Heart

(1999)

Drama, Romance

A female director decides to make a autobiographical film on her love life and we see it through the use of flashbacks and brilliant intercutting.

Runtime:

115 min

Director:

Sylvia Chang

Cast:

Takeshi Kaneshiro, Karen Mok, Gigi Leung, Sylvia Chang, Leon Dai

7.2

N/A

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Sleepless Town

(1998)

Action, Crime, Drama, Romance

Kenichi is a half-Japanese, half-Chinese man of the underworld. You can sell him anything except children's organs. His domain is in Kabukicho, a gangland controlled by various Shanghai gangs intent on taking control. His former partner-in-crime, Fu-Chun, is rumored to have returned to Kabukicho, having fled years earlier after killing...

Runtime:

122 min

Director:

Chi-Ngai Lee

Cast:

Takeshi Kaneshiro, Mirai Yamamoto, Kippei Shîna, Sihung Lung, Eric Tsang

7.1

N/A

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Space Travelers

(2000)

Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

Three bank robbers, who declare themselves to be Space Travelers, take six persons as hostages when they are surrounded by the police. Among the hostages, there is a terrorist with a hidden bomb. In order to escape, the robbers ask the hostages to pretend to be part of the gang. Surprisingly, the hostages soon enjoy doing so. On that s...

Runtime:

125 min

Director:

Katsuyuki Motohiro

Cast:

Teruo Takeno, Shigemitsu Ogi, Isao Nonaka, Yozaburo Ito, Seiko Takada

7.1

N/A

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The Odd One Dies

(1997)

Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama

A failure of a Triad who is desperate for money decides to accept an assassination mission. With his advance in money he decides to risk it in gambling, he becomes lucky and wins a fortune. With all this money he is not so sure that he wishes to do the murder anymore, he looks for a hitman to take his place. He finds a women willing to...

Runtime:

89 min

Director:

Johnnie To, Patrick Yau

Cast:

Lam Suet, Woo Nin Byun, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Carman Lee

6.8

N/A

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Lost and Found

(1996)

Drama, Romance

Where is the end of the world? A rich girl diagnosed with leukemia wants to follow a sailor friend to St Kilda, Scotland to find out...but first she must search him out, who is missing.

Runtime:

109 min

Director:

Chi-Ngai Lee

Cast:

Jordan Chan, Moses Chan, Teddy Chan, Kelly Chen, Takeshi Kaneshiro

7.4

N/A

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Hero

(1997)

Action

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 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 ...

Runtime:

97 min

Director:

Corey Yuen Kwai

Cast:

Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jessica Hsuan, Yuen Biao, Valerie Chow, Yuen Wah

6.5

N/A

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Anna Magdalena

(1998)

Comedy, Music, Romance

Two young men fall for the woman staying upstairs when she practises J.S. Bach's "Notebook for Anna Magdalena".

Runtime:

97 min

6.6

N/A

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Downtown Torpedoes

(1997)

Jackal (Takeshi Kaneshiro), Cash (Jordan Chan) and Sam (Charlie Young) form the core of ATM (Available Tactical Mercenaries), an industrial espionage unit that utilizes high-tech gadgetry to steal technology and fence it on the black market. However, they're blackmailed by the Hong Kong government (led by Alex Fong Chung-Sun) to snatch...

Runtime:

90 min

Director:

Teddy Chan

Cast:

Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jordan Chan, Alex Fong Chung-Sun, Charlie Yeung, Theresa Lee Yee-Hung

6.0

N/A

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Lavender

(2000)

Romance

A young woman's life is changed when an angel with a broken wing lands on her balcony.

Runtime:

111 min

Director:

Kam-Hung Yip

Cast:

Takeshi Kaneshiro, Kelly Chen

6.1

N/A

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See You Tomorrow

(2016)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Every city has its legends and this city's legend is the 'Ferryman'. It is said that a person who takes on this role can help eliminate pain and sorrow from the world. Chen Mo, a bar owner, and his partner Guan Chun may seem foolish but in reality, they are an embodiment of this legend. As long as one makes a reservation, there is no ...

Runtime:

128 min

Director:

Zhang Jiajia

Cast:

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Tang Wei, Jun Ji-hyun, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Wu Xiubo

5.0

40%

N/A

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First Love: The Litter on the Breeze

(1997)

Faced with the task of creating a film about first love for his producer Wong Kar-wai, Kot ruminates on his creative process, his rejected ideas, and finally his two chosen tales, about a sleepwalker guided through the night by a lonely admirer, and a married convenience store owner faced with the vengeful first love that he once rejec...

Runtime:

99 min

7.0

N/A

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Don't Give a Damn

(1995)

Action, Comedy

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,...

Runtime:

94 min

5.9

N/A

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China Dragon

(1995)

Action, Comedy

Two agile Hong Kong martial arts kids join up with a pair of bungling Chinese-immigrant beach bums on the sunny shores of Hawaii, where they divide their time between sophomoric kung-fu kid hijinks and their designated mission--tracking down a missing book whose secrets have fallen into the hands of a power-hungry villain.

Runtime:

90 min

6.1

N/A

Wind and Cloud: The Storm Riders

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Wind and Cloud: The Storm Riders

(2004)

Action, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy

The battle between Wind and Cloud has long since passed, but as the most fearsome warriors across the land cross swords in a violent quest to become supreme leader, the two old foes are once again forced to do battle in director Ching Siu Tung's fantasy filled sequel to the 1998 Hong Kong hit The Storm Riders. It's been twelve years si...

Runtime:

109 min

6.4

N/A

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Trouble Maker

(1995)

Action, Comedy, Drama

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.

Runtime:

88 min

6.4

N/A

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Young Policemen in Love

(1995)

Action, Comedy

A high school loser dreams of winning the heart of the principal's daughter, but his chances are slim as long as her bruiser boyfriend's around. Fortunately, a chance meeting with Garlic and Gimmick, renegade cops who cause nothing but headaches for their superiors. Chief Wong Yat Fei decides to send his boys undercover in Wong Fei Hon...

Runtime:

82 min

5.5

N/A

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The Wrath of Silence

(1994)

Drama

A mortician seeks revenge against a serial killer who has murdered her sister. However, there is a case of mistaken identity and she begins to target her psychiatrist instead.

Runtime:

98 min

Director:

Frankie Chan Fan-Kei

Cast:

Anita Yuen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tan Lap-Man, Maggie Siu Mei-Kei, Mars

5.0

N/A

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Jail in Burning Island

(1997)

Action, Drama

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.

Runtime:

98 min

5.4

N/A

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太平轮 2 - 彼岸

Cast:

Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Ziyi, Song Hye-kyo

N/A

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