Takeshi Kaneshiro
Takeshi Kaneshiro, born October 11, 1973, is a Taiwanese and Japanese actor of mixed heritage – his father is Ryukyuan and his mother is Taiwanese. He speaks Japanese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese Hokkien and English. Known for his versatile roles in Taiwanese, Hong Kong and Japanese cinema, he gained international recognition for his performances in films like "Chungking Express" (1994), "Fallen Angels" (1995), and "House of Flying Daggers" (2004). In addition to his acting career, Kaneshiro has also released several music albums and has been involved in numerous commercial endorsements. Despite maintaining a relatively private personal life, his talent and enduring popularity have made him a prominent figure in Asian entertainment.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.0698 |
| Birthday | 1973-10-11 |
| Place of Birth | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Also Known As | 금성무, Gum Sing Mo, Kaneshiro Takeshi, Aniki Jin, Kam Shing Miu, Takashi Kaneshiro, Gam Sing-mo, Jin Cheng-wu, Kim Thành Vũ, |
2002
Returner
6.532/251
A young woman from the future forces a local gunman to help her stop an impending alien invasion which will wipe out the human race.
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Returner
1995
Fallen Angels
7.678/1284
An assassin goes through obstacles as he attempts to escape his violent lifestyle despite the opposition of his partner, who is secretly attracted to...
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Fallen Angels
1994
Chungking Express
8/2169
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-ni...
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Chungking Express
1996
Dr. Wai in the Scripture with No Words
5.8/58
A serial adventure writer with problems in his personal life lives out the adventures of his literary hero, King of Adventurers.
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Dr. Wai in the Scripture with No Words
2008
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
6.1/45
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 an...
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K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
2008
Red Cliff
7.118/882
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...
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Red Cliff
2004
House of Flying Daggers
7.264/1781
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 o...
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House of Flying Daggers
1997
Hero
6.776/29
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 mobst...
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Hero
2008
Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death
7.1/31
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...
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Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death
2003
Turn Left, Turn Right
7.23/37
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 a...
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Turn Left, Turn Right
1997
The Odd One Dies
6.295/22
Mo applies to become a hit-man to pay off all his debt. But just before he starts working, he wins loads of money from gambling and decides to hire a...
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The Odd One Dies
2007
The Warlords
6.761/368
The civil war in China has ruined many lives including General Pang's. A wounded General Pang is saved by a beautiful young woman along with two other...
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The Warlords
2009
Red Cliff II
7.278/490
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 ki...
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Red Cliff II
2005
Perhaps Love
6.724/58
A love triangle develops between the male and female leads and the director during the making of a musical in Mainland China.
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Perhaps Love
1997
Downtown Torpedoes
5.5/16
Jackal, Cash and Sam form the core of ATM (Available Tactical Mercenaries), an industrial espionage unit that utilizes high-tech gadgetry to steal tec...
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Downtown Torpedoes
1995
Fuji Colours of Amours
0/0
Summer - "Free Carnival" A story of a love affair between men and women. - Winter - "Warm affection" A tale of a couple and grandmother. - Autumn - "A...
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Fuji Colours of Amours
2000
Space Travelers
6.143/14
Three bank robbers, who declare themselves to be Space Travelers, take six persons as hostages when they are surrounded by the police. Among the hosta...
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Space Travelers
2001
Takeshi Kaneshiro's Antarctic Adventure
0/0
Taiwanese entertainment star Takeshi Kaneshiro accepted an invitation from a Japanese TV station to go on an 11-day expedition to the Antarctic contin...
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Takeshi Kaneshiro's Antarctic Adventure
2006
Confession of Pain
6.3/84
In a city of love and prosperity, a city of lost hope and premature death, veteran detective Hei feels it all: the hurt, the helplessness, the horror....
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Confession of Pain
1998
Sleepless Town
7.444/18
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 gang...
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Sleepless Town
2011
Dragon
6.889/316
A sinful martial arts expert wants to start a new tranquil life, only to be hunted by a determined detective and his former master.
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Dragon
1995
Trouble Maker
6.444/9
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 t...
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Trouble Maker
1993
Executioners
5.977/43
In a post-nuclear world, three superpowered women fight an evil genius controlling the government and the water supply.
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Executioners
1998
Anna Magdalena
6.467/15
Two young men fall for the woman staying upstairs when she practises J.S. Bach's "Notebook for Anna Magdalena".
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Anna Magdalena
1995
Don't Give a Damn
5.333/6
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 Tak...
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Don't Give a Damn
1997
Jail in Burning Island
5.5/4
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...
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Jail in Burning Island
1997
First Love: The Litter on the Breeze
6.433/15
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...
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First Love: The Litter on the Breeze
2000
Lavender
6.2/20
A young woman is devastated after her fiance's death. She lives in isolation and her only daily treat is sending a balloon with a message to her late...
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Lavender
1999
Tempting Heart
6/19
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.
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Tempting Heart
1995
China Dragon
7.667/9
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 th...
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China Dragon
1994
The Wrath of Silence
6.4/5
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...
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The Wrath of Silence
2014
The Crossing I
5.5/41
At the end of the World War II and the middle of the Chinese Revolution, three couples from different backgrounds with different nationalities flee fr...
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The Crossing I
1995
The Miracle on a Christmas Night
0/0
A foreign student from Taiwan, Mr. Bell, attends language school in Japan and meets Miss Sato there. He falls in love with her, but doesn't dare to op...
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The Miracle on a Christmas Night
1996
Lost and Found
7.1/30
A woman diagnosed with leukemia meets a Chinese-Scottish sailor who she loses contact with. In order to find him she enlists Worm, a man who runs a “l...
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Lost and Found
1995
Young Policemen in Love
9.5/2
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. Fortu...
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Young Policemen in Love
1998
Too Tired to Die
5.091/11
Kenji is a Japanese twenty-something who is followed by Death in various disguises. When he finally faces her, Death tells him that he has only 12 hou...
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Too Tired to Die
2015
The Crossing II
5.3/34
A story of three couples and their intertwining love stories set in 1940s Taiwan and Shanghai, centered around the 1949 sinking of Taiping.
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The Crossing II
1994
Mermaid Got Married
5.875/8
A water-phobic teacher is saved by a mermaid and accidentally swallows her magical pearl, trapping her on land. She enrolls in his school to retrieve...
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Mermaid Got Married
1997
Misty
5.4/5
Witnesses of a murder. Remake of Akira Kurosawa film Rashomon.
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Misty
1995
School Days
10/1
Hui Chi-Ho (Jimmy Lin) is a secondary college student, coming from a rich family. It causes the dissatisfaction of "Crow", the big brother in the clas...
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School Days
1994
No Sir
8/1
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...
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No Sir
1995
Forever Friends
5.25/4
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....
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Forever Friends
2016
See You Tomorrow
4.5/23
Chen Mo, a bar owner, listens to his customers' heartbreaks and helps them navigate their lives during their hard times while dealing with his own tra...
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See You Tomorrow
1996
Feeling of Love
7/1
A business man (Tekeshi Kaneshiro) follows a woman (Athena Chu) who tells him not to follow him but he does anyway. Then he learns that the woman is h...
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Feeling of Love
2017
This Is Not What I Expected
6.8/61
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 Rosebu...
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This Is Not What I Expected
2025
Sons of the Neon Night
5.345/29
A massive explosion and shootout in snowy Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, reveals a pharmaceutical heir's plot. His father's death in hospital triggers a dru...
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Sons of the Neon Night
The Star
0/0
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The Star
2011
Where Love Blooms in the Sky
2/2
The man feels nostalgic when he sees the coastal townscape he hasn't seen in a long time, and when he heads to the beach, his ex is waiting for him. A...
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