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1. Chungking Express (1994)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
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.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Faye Wong
Votes: 95,901 | Gross: $0.60M
2. Fallen Angels (1995)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
This Hong Kong-set crime drama follows the lives of a hitman, hoping to get out of the business, and his elusive female partner.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung
Votes: 50,951
3. Red Cliff (2008)
R | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The first chapter of a two-part story centered on a battle fought in China's Three Kingdoms period (220-280 A.D.).
Director: John Woo | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chang Chen
Votes: 48,505 | Gross: $0.63M
4. House of Flying Daggers (2004)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Dandan Song
Votes: 116,286 | Gross: $11.05M
5. The Warlords (2007)
R | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
China, 1860s: Having his army slaughtered, General Qingyun joins 2 bandit leaders in raids on rebels and in blood oath. They form a Qing loyal army with eyes on rebel held Suzhou and Nanjing.
Directors: Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Wai-Man Yip | Stars: Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jinglei Xu
Votes: 27,823 | Gross: $0.13M
6. Red Cliff II (2009)
142 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Second and final part of epic tale about a legendary battle that changed the course of China history.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chang Chen
Votes: 25,359 | Gross: $0.63M
7. Dragon (2011)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A papermaker gets involved with a murder case concerning two criminals leading to a determined detective suspecting him and the former's vicious father searching for him.
Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan | Stars: Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tang Wei, Jia-Min Li
Votes: 15,799 | Gross: $0.01M
8. Heroic Trio 2: Executioners (1993)
Unrated | 101 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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... See full summary »
Directors: Siu-Tung Ching, Johnnie To | Stars: Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh, Anita Mui, Damian Lau
Votes: 1,545
9. The Crossing (I) (2014)
129 min | Drama, History, Romance
In the midst of the Chinese Revolution during the late 1940s, couples flee to the island of Taiwan.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Song Hye-kyo, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Masami Nagasawa
Votes: 2,093
10. First Love: Litter on the Breeze (1997)
99 min | Drama
Director Eric Kot discusses the process of developing a love story, playing with various probabilities, and highlighting character feelings. These monologues are intercut with dramatizations of his evolving narrative.
Director: Eric Kot | Stars: Calvin Choi, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Vincent Kok, Eric Kot
Votes: 340
11. This Is Not What I Expected (2017)
TV-PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Derek Hui | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Dongyu Zhou, Yi-zhou Sun, Ming Xi
Votes: 1,836 | Gross: $0.33M
12. Returner (2002)
R | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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.
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Anne Suzuki, Gorô Kishitani, Kirin Kiki
Votes: 11,598 | Gross: $0.07M
13. See You Tomorrow (2016)
128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story follows Chen Mo, the bar owner and 'ferryman', as he is slowly facing his own traumatic past, whilst helping the people around him, including his co-partner Guan Chun, the singer Ma Li and the neighbor Xiao Yu.
Director: Jiajia Zhang | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Eason Chan, Angelababy
Votes: 1,241
14. Dr. Wai in the Scripture with No Words (1996)
TV-14 | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A serial adventure writer with problems in his personal life lives out the adventures of his literary hero, King of Adventurers.
Director: Siu-Tung Ching | Stars: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung
Votes: 2,080
15. Lost and Found (1996)
109 min | 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.
Director: Chi-Ngai Lee | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Kelly Chen, Michael Wong, Hing-Hang Chan
Votes: 580
16. Kamisama mousukoshi dake (1998– )
45 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A love story of Masaki, a 17-years-old girl, who contracted HIV after selling her body in order to earn money for the concert ticket and Ishikawa Keigo, a famous composer who she is a big fan of and whose concert it was.
Stars: Yukie Nakama, Haruhiko Katô, Yoshiko Tanaka, Hiroko Isayama
Votes: 245
17. Onimusha 3: Demon Siege (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Jacques Blanc is a soldier in present day Paris, Samanosuke is a warrior in feudal Japan. Both men have one goal: destroy the demons plaguing their time.
Director: Minoru Nakai | Stars: Robin Atkin Downes, Jean Reno, Paul Mercier, Amber Hood
Votes: 853
18. Perhaps Love (2005)
108 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A love triangle develops during the making of a musical in mainland China.
Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Xun Zhou, Jacky Cheung, Ji Jin-hee
Votes: 2,714
19. Confession of Pain (2006)
110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A detective helps a friend investigate the mysterious death of his father-in-law.
Directors: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Shu Qi, Jinglei Xu
Votes: 2,824
20. K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008)
137 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Set in a fictional Japanese city in 1949, a master criminal hones in on his latest victim.
Director: Shimako Sato | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Takako Matsu, Tôru Nakamura, Ryôhei Abe
Votes: 2,153
21. Sleepless Town (1998)
122 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Kabukicho is a forgotten world. A place where people of different tongues and races meet, where they fight against each other to gain money, power and territory. The struggle which never ... See full summary »
Director: Chi-Ngai Lee | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Mirai Yamamoto, Kippei Shîna, Sihung Lung
Votes: 721
22. Sons of the Neon Night
Crime | Post-production
"A land free of drugs depicts utopia, or so they say - Yet only those who have been there would know the eternal flames that burn in that place called Hell. It was with his creation of ... See full summary »
Director: Juno Mak | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Louis Koo, Yuanyuan Gao
23. The Crossing 2 (2015)
131 min | Drama, History, Romance
A story of three couples and their intertwining love stories set in 1940s Taiwan and Shanghai, centered around the 1949 sinking of Taiping.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Xiaoming Huang, Song Hye-kyo
Votes: 1,446
24. Turn Left, Turn Right (2003)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
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.
Directors: Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Gigi Leung, Edmund Chen, Wei-Lun Hsu
Votes: 1,946
25. Onimusha: Warlords (2001 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
During the Sengoku period, Samanosuke, a mighty Samurai of the Akechi clan, is summoned by the Princess to fight against the forces of Nobunaga Oda, a powerful warlord and leader of murderous demons who invaded the kingdom.
Director: Jun Takeuchi | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Akio Ôtsuka, Nao Takamori, Makoto Tsumura
Votes: 699
26. Hero (1997)
R | 97 min | Action, Drama
Corey Yuen's remake of Chang Cheh's Boxer From Shantung sees Taiwanese Japanese heart-throb Takeshi Kaneshiro as Ma Wing-jing, a worker from Shantung who rises to the top of the Shanghai triad ladder.
Director: Corey Yuen | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Biao Yuen, Jessica Hester Hsuan, Wah Yuen
Votes: 816
27. House of Flying Daggers ...A Look Inside (2004 Video)
44 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Stanley J. Orzel | Stars: Siu-Tung Ching, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Beau Weaver
Votes: 78
28. Too Tired to Die (1998)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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.
Director: Wonsuk Chin | Stars: Rizwan Manji, Mira Sorvino, Bill Sage, Sandra Prosper
Votes: 593
29. Tempting Heart (1999)
115 min | Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Sylvia Chang | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Gigi Leung, Karen Mok, Elaine Jin
Votes: 751
30. Smap×Smap (1996–2016)
Comedy, Game-Show, Music
SMAP×SMAP is a Japanese iconic television show hosted by boy band SMAP. Debuting on April 15, 1996(produced by Kansai TV and Fuji TV, aired on Fuji TV) until it ended on December 26, 2016. ... See full summary »
Stars: Masahiro Nakai, SMAP, Takuya Kimura, Gorô Inagaki
Votes: 191
31. Anna Magdalena (1998)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Two young men fall for the woman staying upstairs when she practises J.S. Bach's "Notebook for Anna Magdalena".
Director: Chung-Man Yee | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Aaron Kwok, Kelly Chen, Chi Kwong Cheung
Votes: 493
32. Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death (2008)
113 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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.
Director: Masaya Kakehi | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Manami Konishi, Sumiko Fuji, Yuki Enomoto
Votes: 1,248
33. Mermaid Got Married (1994)
96 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A mermaid pursues a teacher by attending school.
Director: Norman Law Man | Stars: Ekin Cheng, Christy Chung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Teresa Mak
Votes: 193
34. The Feeling of Love (1996)
88 min | Comedy, Romance
A business man (Takeshi Kaneshiro) follows a woman (Athena Chu) who tells him not to follow him but he does anyway. Then he learns that the woman is his boss and step-sister.
Director: Yen-Ping Chu | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Athena Chu, Alec Su, Rachel Chang
Votes: 34
35. Love 2000 (2000)
Action, Romance, Thriller
Yuri Maroev is a secret agent and assassin from the Ural Republic sent along with his brother on a mission to Japan. Once in Japan, he meets systems analyst Mashiro Rieru and uses her ... See full summary »
Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Miho Nakayama, Kazufumi Miyazawa, Mikihisa Azuma
Votes: 68
36. Lavender (2000)
111 min | Fantasy, Romance
A young woman's life is changed when an angel with a broken wing lands on her balcony.
Director: Kam-Hung Yip | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Kelly Chen, Eason Chan, Chung-Ying Chan
Votes: 527
37. China Dragon (1995)
90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
At Shaolin Temple in Hunan, the best at Kung-Fu are Yin, a willowy young woman who has mastered supernatural powers, and Loon, a small boy who's a Dervish at martial arts. They go to Hawaii... See full summary »
Director: Yen-Ping Chu | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Chuan-Chen Yeh, Man-Tat Ng, Ashton Chen
Votes: 200
38. Don't Give a Damn (1995)
90 min | Action, Thriller, 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Biao Yuen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Eileen Tung
Votes: 201
39. Downtown Torpedoes (1997)
103 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A group of top-secret espionage agents must help a secret government group steal a set of counterfeit money plates from MI5, the British spy organization.
Director: Teddy Chan | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jordan Chan, Charlie Yeung, Ken Wong
Votes: 539
40. The Wrath of Silence (1994)
98 min | Horror
Mortuary beautician Kwong Mei-Chi's mentally challenged sister is raped and murdered by a sex maniac. Kwong believes that her psychiatrist is the criminal and tries to take revenge.
Director: Frankie Chan | Stars: Anita Yuen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Pal Sinn, Hoi-Lun Au
Votes: 61
41. Space Travelers (2000)
125 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
What happens when ambitious robbery - to clear out a futuristic bank outside Tokyo in 5 minutes - gone wrong.
Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Eri Fukatsu, Masanobu Andô, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Votes: 523
42. Misty (1996)
99 min | Drama, Romance
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?
Director: Kenki Saegusa | Stars: Yûki Amami, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Etsushi Toyokawa, Duncan
Votes: 100
43. The Odd One Dies (1997)
89 min | Crime, Drama
The secret world of contract killing comes to focus in the dark, comical tale of Hong Kong's triad. A lowlife gangster is offered a huge fee to commit a murder. He accepts, but there's a ... See full summary »
Directors: Tat-Chi Yau, Johnnie To | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Carman Lee, Chi-Shing Chiu, Fung-wah Choi
Votes: 605
44. Forever Friends (1995)
83 min | Comedy, War
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....
Director: Yen-Ping Chu | Stars: Nicky Wu, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jimmy Lin, Alec Su
Votes: 81
45. Gôruden bouru (2002– )
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Shu Akutagawa,is a security analyst who relieves the stress with nightly sessions at local bowling alley.But when it comes to life and relationships,are focus,concentration all that it takes?
Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Hitomi Kuroki, Saburô Shinoda, Hideji Ôtaki
Votes: 78
46. Bokura no jidai (2007– )
30 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Satomi Kobayashi, Shun Oguri, Kore-eda Hirokazu, Sawako Agawa
Votes: 25
47. Trouble Maker (1995)
88 min | 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Yen-Ping Chu | Stars: Shao-Wen Hao, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Man-Tat Ng, Athena Chu
Votes: 180
48. Xiao yuan gan si tui (1995)
89 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Hui Chi-Ho is a secondary college student, coming from a rich family.As the new student Eagle comes in,he takes Hui under his wings,protect him from bullies,and becomes his best friend.
Director: Ao-Hsin Chin | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jimmy Lin, Ruby Lin, Ho Chin
Votes: 153
49. No, Sir! (1994)
90 min | Action, Comedy
In an simulated military exercise, squad leader Xiao Ying and all the other soldiers fought along the coastline to prepare for the destruction of the blue landing force. However, Xiao Ying ... See full summary »
Director: Ao-Hsin Chin | Stars: Jimmy Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Chung-Hua Tou, Li-Wei Chang
Votes: 95
50. Seiya no kiseki (1995 TV Movie)
Drama, Romance
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 open his heart to her. Nevertheless, on Christmas night miracles do happen.
Directors: Shigemichi Sugita, Sugita Jodo, Ten Shimoyama, Mitsuko Shindô | Stars: Hitomura Akemi, Minako Ban, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Rie Miyazawa