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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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12	!! Partial Filmography:
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14	* ''Film/HeroicTrio'' - shows up in the sequel, ''Executioners'', for a few minutes, before receiving a DeathByCameo
15	* ''Film/ChungkingExpress''
16	* ''Film/FallenAngels'' - implied that he's playing the same character from ''Chungking Express'' above, but it isn't made clear
17	* ''Film/Hero1997''
18	* ''Film/HouseOfFlyingDaggers''
19	* ''Film/TheReturner''
20	* ''Film/K20LegendOfTheMask''
21	* ''Film/DrWaiInTheScriptureWithNoWords''
22	* ''Film/RedCliff''
23	* ''Film/{{Swordsmen}}''

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