This role was previously played by Takeshi Kaga in the original Japanese Iron Chef, and Dacascos' character is presented as Kaga's nephew, though the actors are not related. Dacascos went on to ...

The second story focuses on an ex-convict, played by Takeshi Kaneshiro, who is running away from the police and his relationship with a woman, played by Charlie Yeung, who has become mentally unstable ...

While the last point doesn’t sound like much, Akechi being what went for the spitting image of Japanese/Taiwanese heartthrob Takeshi Kaneshiro was a big step at the time. Onimusha is a more ...

The 2024 Japanese action-comedy Broken Rage is now streaming on Prime Video. Directed by and starring Takeshi Kitano, alongside Tadanobu Asano and Nao Omori, the film follows an aging hitman ...

Ian Walker loves exploring niche communities and researching the development of classic video games. Toshiro Mifune died of multiple organ failure in 1997 at the age of 77, but the impenetrable ...

For the first Onimusha, as well as Onimusha 3: Demon Siege, Samanosuke Akechi was played by heartthrob arthouse actor-singer Takeshi Kaneshiro. Takeshi Kaneshiro is very much still alive and well ...

including Takeshi Kaneshiro and French actor Jean Reno, to portray in-game characters. I guess we'll see what the rest of the Way of the Sword cast looks like ahead of its eventual launch in 2026 ...

When the Onimusha: Warlords remaster was released back in 2018, the original model and voice for Samanosuke, Takeshi Kaneshiro, came back to re-record his lines. Onimusha has a lovely legacy of ...

Filmmaker and actor Takeshi Kitano returns with Broken Rage, a film mixing crime thriller and absurdist comedy. Divided into two parts, it follows a hitman as he confronts the yakuza and the ...