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| 3 | Takeshi Kaneshiro (金城武; pronounced ''Jincheng Wu'' in Chinese) is an actor of mixed Japanese-Chinese heritage (his father is a Ryukyuan from Okinawa and his mother is a Han Chinese from Taiwan). He is multi-lingual, as you might expect, and known for being a very handsome guy. As his father is Ryukyuan, the traditional Ryukyuan pronunciation of his surname is actually 'Kanagusuku' or 'Kanegusuku'. |
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| 5 | Born in Taipei in 1973, he started a career as a pop singer in 1992, which he gave up later on in order to become a full-time actor. His first appearance on film was in ''Film/HeroicTrio 2: Executioners'', but his breakthrough role was in the critically acclaimed ''Film/ChungkingExpress'' by Creator/WongKarWai. He collaborated again with Wong on ''Film/FallenAngels'' in 1995. |
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| 7 | Similarly to that of other UsefulNotes/HongKong actors, his career has been prolific, with over 30 films since 1995. The more notable ones include ''Film/HouseOfFlyingDaggers'', ''Perhaps Love'', ''Film/K20LegendOfTheMask'', ''Film/DrWaiInTheScriptureWithNoWords'', ''Film/Hero1997'', ''Film/TheWarlords'' and ''Film/RedCliff''. |
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| 9 | In the gaming field, he featured as the protagonist of ''VideoGame/OnimushaWarlords'' and ''VideoGame/Onimusha3DemonSiege''. |
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| 11 | Due to his upbringing in Taipei, he's able to speak Mandarin, Hokkien, Japanese (which he learned while studying at Taipei Japanese Junior High School) and to an extent (less), Cantonese and English (which he learned while studying at Taipei American School). |
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| 14 | !! Partial Filmography: |
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| 16 | * ''Film/HeroicTrio'' - shows up in the sequel, ''Executioners'', for a few minutes, before receiving a DeathByCameo |
| 17 | * ''Film/ChungkingExpress'' |
| 18 | * ''Film/FallenAngels'' - implied that he's playing the same character from ''Chungking Express'' above, but it isn't made clear |
| 19 | * ''Film/Hero1997'' |
| 20 | * ''Film/HouseOfFlyingDaggers'' |
| 21 | * ''Film/TheReturner'' |
| 22 | * ''Film/K20LegendOfTheMask'' |
| 23 | * ''Film/DrWaiInTheScriptureWithNoWords'' |
| 24 | * ''Film/RedCliff'' |
| 25 | * ''Film/{{Swordsmen}}'' |
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