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Tag Archives: Takeshi Kaneshiro

Retrospective: Movie Heartthrob Takeshi Kaneshiro Embraces Aging Gracefully in the Pages of GQ Taiwan

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 5, 2018 by ockoalaDecember 31, 2017
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A sure sign of time’s relentless passing is when one is forced to examine memories of the past with the reality of the present. In the 2015 issue of GQ Taiwan, the magazine featured one of the most critically acclaimed Taiwanese heartthrob movie actors of the last decade, in a pictorial and interview and addresses his aging head on. The spread is … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Takeshi Kaneshiro

Wuxia the Movie Holds Midnight Screening at Cannes Film Festival

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 15, 2011 by ockoalaMay 17, 2011

It’s been a dismal showing for Chinese movies (Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan) at the Cannes Film Festival this year. The only movie to be invited was director Peter Chan‘s scientific martial arts film Wuxia (武俠), starring Donnie Yen, Takashi Kaneshiro, and Tang Wei. Wuxia had a midnight showing at Cannes two days ago, and all the stars of … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tang Wei, Wuxia

Takeshi Kaneshiro Stars in Wuxia (武俠) the Movie

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 10, 2010 by ockoalaNovember 10, 2010
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Takeshi Kaneshiro returns to the big screen in 2011 with his follow-up project to the epic and box-office breaking mega-movie Red Cliff. He teams up for his third go around with famed directed Peter Chan (who also directed Takeshi in Perhaps Love and The Warlords) for the upcoming Wuxia, co-starring Donnie Yen, Tang Wei, and lured-out-of-retirement famed actor Wang Yu.

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Posted in Films | Tagged Takeshi Kaneshiro, Wuxia

Young Takeshi

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 27, 2010 by ockoalaJuly 27, 2010
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Takeshi Kaneshiro is someone I have followed since he entered the entertainment industry in 1992.

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Posted in Oldies but Goodies | Tagged Takeshi Kaneshiro

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