The producer Samuel Hadida had to delay the filming of Onimusha, which has resulted in the film's Japanese cast working on other film projects during the delay, and being unavailable to start filming. In a June 2007 article on the film site Ain't It Cool News, it was revealed that Kaneshiro was going to be in the Onimusha film, reprising his role as Samanosuke and for a 2011 release, but that project was derailed. Kaneshiro has also become well known in the video game industry portraying the samurai warrior Samanosuke in Capcom's Onimusha. He expressed excitement when he received the news that he would have an opportunity to work with Director Zhang Yimou. He has also played the romantic lead in Zhang Yimou's House of Flying Daggers, and starred alongside Jet Li and Andy Lau in The Warlords. In 20 he starred in Red Cliff, a high budget film by Hong Kong director John Woo. It was the first of many collaborations with Hong Kong-based director Peter Chan.
In 2005, he sang his way through Perhaps Love, the first modern musical to be produced in China. Kaneshiro’s work, however, is more heavily concentrated in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Kaneshiro (center) in 2007 promoting The Warlords, alongside director Peter Chan and co-star Andy Lau Later, Kaneshiro starred in the Japanese Drama God, Please Give Me More Time (1998), allowing him to branch into Japanese films such as Returner (2002), as well as K- 20: Legend of the Mask (2009) and Accuracy of Death (also titled “ Sweet Rain”), (2010).Ģ000 to 2010: Mainstream success It was through his collaboration with the auteur director Wong Kar Wai in Chungking Express that Kaneshiro first developed what would become his onscreen signature, namely quirky, character-driven performances that often played against type and ran counter to his idol image. Kaneshiro made his film debut in Executioners (1993) and this was followed by Wong Kar-wai's Chungking Express (1994), Fallen Angels (1995) and a string of other Hong Kong films, such as Lost and Found (1996), and Anna Magdalena (1998). He no longer produces any commercial music, although a few noted film roles, such as those in Perhaps Love (如果。爱) (2005) and See You Tomorrow (摆渡人)(2016) have involved his characters singing. The following year, his popularity propelled him into acting. Contracted to EMI, he wrote many of his own Mandarin and Cantonese songs. His debut album was Heartbreaking Night (1992). In 1992, Kaneshiro made his singing debut, entering the business with the nickname "Aniki", meaning 'older brother' in Japanese. Since personal names are commonly written in Chinese characters in both Chinese and Japanese naming conventions, following the Eastern name order, and in this particular case the name, in its written form, appears native in both Japanese and Chinese, giving Kaneshiro the freedom to associate himself as a Japanese or Chinese when working in China by preserving or removing the space between his surname and given name.Ĭareer 1992 to 1999: Early years and career breakthrough He appears as Kaneshiro Takeshi ( 金城 武) in Japanese media. Kaneshiro ( 金 城) is a common Okinawan surname, albeit with an unusual pronunciation, as the usual reading is Kinjō, while the traditional Okinawan pronunciation is Kanagusuku or Kanegusuku. Mandarin was the first language he spoke while growing up in Taiwan. Kaneshiro is multilingual, fluent in Mandarin, Hokkien, Japanese, and to lesser degrees in Cantonese and English. During his time at secondary school, Kaneshiro began working in television commercials, and he decided to leave school to pursue a full-time career in music and acting.
After graduating from Taipei Japanese Junior High School, he enrolled at an English-medium international school, Taipei American School, where he learned English.
The son of a Japanese businessman and a Taiwanese homemaker, Kaneshiro has two elder half-brothers: one who is seven years his senior, and another who is just one year older.
He was born and raised in Taipei, but holds Japanese citizenship. Kaneshiro’s mother is from Taiwan and his father is from Okinawa, Japan. 2.1 1992 to 1999: Early years and career breakthrough.
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