Oh. My. Goodness. I’ve never played the Onimusha games, but I really like Takeshi Kaneshiro. The main character, Samanosuke Akechi, was modeled after Kaneshiro, because Takeshi Kaneshiro is really hot. Okay, I made that second part up, but it’s true.
I first became aware of Takeshi Kaneshiro from his role in the 1994 Hong King film, Chungking Express. He played Cop 223. Kaneshiro also played Miyamoto in the derivative-but-still-fun science fiction film, Returner. More recently, and probably famously, he starred in House of Flying Daggers.
Christopher Gans, director of Silent Hill (which I really liked) and Brotherhood of the Wolf (which I thought was terrible), has stated that Takeshi Kaneshiro will be reprising his role from the videogame in the feature film adaptation of Onimusha.
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I rented Returner after a very offhanded suggestion from a co-worker – but I absolutely loved it and keep trying to get other people to watch.
Really? You hated Brotherhood of the Wolf? I guess I’m partial to French films and action films, and since the cross section is so small, I enjoyed it. And there was that one awesome fight scene that really stuck out for me.
Brotherhood of the Wolf just fell flat for me. I’m having a hard time remembering exactly why, though, because it’s been a while since I’ve seen it.
You liked Silent Hill but hated BotW?
Because that’s just wrong.
BotW has a strange following that tend to overlook the films faults. Its not the worst film ever made but I don’t personally believe it deserves as much praise as it recieves.
That said it does have things going for it, like an original script, fair action sequences, little american influence.
Thomas: I’m wrong, then. :D
That said it does have things going for it, like an original script, fair action sequences, little american influence…
…Monica Bellucci…
I actually haven’t seen Silent Hill, Brin, so I really shouldn’t judge. BotW does have its faults, as bigwig points out. The fetishization of American Indians is a good place to start–there’s a lot of “noble savaging” taking place there.
Monica Bellucci was in that? Hm, I didn’t notice.
Takeshi’s a beautiful man. Does he speak English? I don’t see why he couldn’t crack Hollywood. Perhaps he’s lovely and doesn’t care about making it big, just helping the homeless, or something.
He does speak English as far as I know. Maybe he just isn’t focused on breaking into Hollywood, since he’s been relatively successful as an actor and model in Asia.