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... Read full bio →
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Ritânâ
2002
Wu Xia
A sinful martial arts expert wants to start a new tranquil life, only to be hunted by a determined detective and his former master.
Chi bi xia: Jue zhan tian xia
Second and final part of epic tale about a legendary battle that changed the course of China history.
Suwîto rein: Shinigami no seido
Kaneshiro plays a Grim Reaper who appears to his victims in human form and spends a week with them before deciding whether to off them or not.
Kaijin niju menso den
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.
Chi bi
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.
Tau ming chong
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.
Seung sing
A detective helps a friend investigate the mysterious death of his father.
Ru guo · Ai
A love triangle develops during the making of a musical in mainland China.
Shi mian mai fu
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.
Heung joh chow heung yau chow
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.
Ritânâ
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.
Fan yi cho
A young woman's life is changed when an angel with a broken wing lands on her balcony.
Too Tired to Die
Keith 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 hours to live and he needs to make the most of it
Ma Yong Zhen
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.
Liang ge zhi neng huo yi ge
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 woman to replace him.
Huo shao dao 2: Heng xing ba dao
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.
Tin ngai hoi gok
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 “lost and found” business, and the two set out to find what she’s looking for.
Mo him wong
A serial adventure writer with problems in his personal life lives out the adventures of his literary hero, King of Adventurers.
Do lok tin si
This Hong Kong-set crime drama follows the lives of a hitman, hoping to get out of the business, and his elusive female partner.
Chung Hing sam lam
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.
Yin doi hou hap zyun
In a post-nuclear world, three superpowered women fight an evil genius controlling the government and the water supply.