![]() ![]() Seeing potential in Kaneshiro, a record company took him under its wing, and he recorded his first solo album in 1992. He began to make appearances in Hong Kong films in 1993, and his first film role was in The Executioners directed by Johnnie To Kei-fung. Creative collaborations with director Wong Kar-wai followed in Chungking Express and Fallen Angels, and with director Lee Chi-ngai in Lost and Found brought him to the attention of the Japanese media as he enjoyed enormous popularity in Japan. Subsequently, he was invited to participate in a number of Japanese television dramas including Miracle on a Holy Night, Tunnel, God! Please Give Me More Time! and many others. In 2000, he made the hit television series Love 2000 with renowned Japanese actress Nakayama Miho. He then collaborated with actress Kuroki Hitomi in the popular series Golden Bowl. Kaneshiro appeared in his first Japanese film Misty in 1996, and was followed by Japanese-produced The Sleepless Town directed by Lee Chi-ngai. Other Japanese productions include Space Travelers and Returner. Kaneshiro divides his time between Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan, and his numerous film credits include Wrath of Silence, Dr. Wai in the Scripture with No Words, The Feeling of Love, The Odd One Dies, Hero, Downtown Torpedoes, Anna Magdalena, Tempting Heart, Lavender and an American film Too Tired To Die and others. His latest film is Turn left, Turn right, directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai. ![]() Movie debut in 1993 with 'Heroic Trio: Executioners".Music debut in 1992 with album "Heartbreaking Night".Started his career at age 15 in a Kiwi drink commercial.Was known as one of the 'Four Little Heavenly Kings' of Taiwan.Stated that he didn't think he was that great a singer.Started as a singer under Taipei A&R company, then Polygram, then EMI.In spite of being a bona-fide film star, Kaneshiro has also made progress in the music industry with the release of five albums including "Ideal Lover", "Missed Date", "Secretly Drunk", "To My Beloved" and "Always Willing" respectively. Well known Taiwanese singers Rene Liu and Bobby Chen are his voice teachers prior to his musical career.First Love: The Litter on the Breeze (1997).SLEEPLESS TOWN (1998) - Cheng Ngai Li's film set in the Chinese underworld community in Shinjuku is a tightly directed neo-noir featuring Takeshi Kaneshiro as a half-Taiwanese half-Japanese freelancer who is being pressed on all sides by factions who want to see him take sides. Playing a character similar to Tom Regan in Miller's Crossing, Takeshi Kaneshiro is a small-timer known to everyone, who is trying to rebuild his credit after his former partner skipped town but not before shooting a prominent gangster. When it is learned that his partner has returned under mysterious circumstances, he is given an order to find and kill him. His search is further complicated when he is contacted by a woman claiming to be his partner's girlfriend (the gorgeous Mirai Yamamoto). ![]()
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