Japanese actor Takeshi Kaneshiro was the character model and voice actor for Samanosuke Akechi.
She lived in the same apartment as Taiwanese/Japanese actor and singer Takeshi Kaneshiro.
Takeshi Kitano | Takeshi Okada | Takeshi's Castle | Takeshi Obata | Takeshi Kaneshiro | Takeshi Yoshida | Takeshi Terauchi | Takeshi Okumura | Takeshi Mori (voice actor) | Takeshi Morishima | Takeshi Kimura | Takeshi Yamamoto | Takeshi Ueda | Takeshi Tsuruno | Takeshi Kato | Takeshi Ito | Takeshi Araki | Takarabe Takeshi |
Quite content with being the Romeo of the slums, Ah Loong's life takes a sudden turn one day when a Malay schoolgirl, Orked, arrives at his stall while looking for films starring her favorite actor Takeshi Kaneshiro.
-- It is suggested that with production to take place in 2008, to refrain from recreating the film article until it is closer to the production start date and a cast has been established.--> In June 2007, Ain't It Cool News revealed that Takeshi Kaneshiro would be in the movie, reprising his role as Samanosuke.
The Warlords, a 2007 Chinese/Hong Kong film starring Andy Lau, Jet Li and Takeshi Kaneshiro