Onimusha Update: Gans Wants Takeshi Kaneshiro
Onimusha Movie — By Nix on June 2, 2007
French movie site DVDrama is reporting that Christophe Gans has told them Takeshi Kaneshiro will indeed play the lead in his upcoming videogame-to-movie adaptation of “Onimusha”. Which makes sense, as the entire game was originally based around Kaneshiro’s persona and character, and the Japanese star even voiced the character, not to mention allowing them to use his face. For those unfamiliar with Kaneshiro (why aren’t you, by the way?), he’s a major star in Asia, not just Japan, and his past credits include “House of Flying Daggers” and John Woo’s upcoming “The Battle of Red Cliff”.
Kaneshiro is a proven leading man in Asia, but the real question is: Will the producers allow Gans to cast Kaneshiro in a $70 million dollar International movie? That’s a lot of money to trust to an actor who most of the world has never heard of…
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I THINK TAKESHI KANESHIRO SHOULD STAR
IN THE ONIMUSHA FILM.
Christophe Gans and the producers should bring Takeshi Kaneshiro in the film version of Onimusha,because he is a star in Onimusha games and I think Christophe
Gans,Samuel Hadida and the Japanese film
studios will be talking about it when the news comes up.
Thank You.
BRUCE ACOSTA.
this is totally true! im a huge fan of onimusha and this film needs to be made! people keep on b.s-ing about unknowns. look at lord of the rings trilogy! look how many unknowns peter jackson used and they became instant stars! go for it gaans! do this film justice like you did Silent hill! he has my vote!
they have to cast Takeshi Kaneshiro…. or els there wont be no onimusha movie, i seen most of his chinese movie, he a pretty good actor….they need him….
Knowing Hollywood, as soon as they get their hands on this movie, they’ll replace Kanehiro with some random actor who is more “Hollywoodized”
Lets hope he doesn’t get replaced by a white guy, hes soo freaking awesome, loved all his movies
he has a good voice in the game and he can act so do it!!!!!
lol..he can’t seriously be worried about returns?! most of the earths population is in asia! if the westerners don’t bite, there’s still asia!!
Takeshi is one of the world’s best actor. He can surely do the job well. Moreover, his entire persona – face, body and voice were used in the video game series, how come they could think of anyone else to do the role. It would be disappointing not to cast Takeshi as he is entirely in the video game series.