the most unrealistic part in this movie was this guy getting no bitches despite how good he looks

This dude can remember a shit load of phone numbers

My guy even texted his 4th grade classmate, he definitely down bad.

mans is trilingual and still can't get a date feelsbadman

This man in his prime singlehandedly mogged all the male kpop idols. A good balance between masculinity and femininity. Truly a perfect harmony.

Wow, the dude just shuffled between Cantonese and Japanese without breaking a sweat.

When they first announced Cowboy Bebop live action, Takeshi Kaneshiro was the first person that came to mind to play Spike. What a shame...

This scene is epic on many levels. Psychologically, emotionally, cinematically

It took me by surprise when he used Japanese. Even more surprising, he's actually Japanese and he's saying stuff in Japanese with a Chinese/HK accent. That's really deep level acting. It's like an Asian living in America pretending to sound like a white guy if they wanted to sound Asian.

Oh man! Haven't seen Takeshi Kaneshiro for soooo long, always had a major crush on him!

All the love he has ever felt has expired.

Apparently the director wong kar wai wrote & made the entire film whilst chiiling around waiting for his other movie to be edited. And he wrote the second part of the movie in 1 day.

I didn’t even realize takeshi was switching between canto, Japanese and mandarin when I first saw the movie😭 (I only noticed canto and mandarin lol)

I have never seen this movie before but the realistic 90s aesthetic resonates with me. It isn't like most of the other movies which portrays the surroundings as this "pretty, dreamy and neat place" but shows the realistic feeling of the environment. When I watch these clips, I can literally sense the smell of warm air, a whiff of cool night breeze, the buzzing of appliances, or the occasional disturbance from vehicles.

I was just thinkin about all that acidic pineapple and my sensitive stomach.

A fact you may not know is that the part of the phone call to a Japanese ex-girlfriend in this video was actually made by Takeshi because Wong Kar Wai had not completed the script yet. He asked Takeshi to call his ex to tell her about something else like the memory of eating sushi together but Takeshi felt it wasn't interested so he changed the script! Wong Kar Wai felt it was better and since then (including in Fallen Angels), Wong asked Takeshi to come up with his own scenes, so a lot of the scenes in these two movies were made by Takeshi. Wong Kar Wai was very appreciative of that, that's why Takeshi is Wong's muse in his movies! (Takeshi was first choice for Beijing's Summer (the first title of In The Mood For Love), co-starring Tony Leung & Maggie Cheung (First choice was Faye Wong, but then replaced her with Maggie) in 1996, but the film was canceled because it couldn't get a license from the China Mainland's government, finally, 4 years later, by the year 2000, Takeshi was already very popular in Japan, he couldn't continue to act in In The Mood For Love because of his busy schedule in Japan back then (This year, he also turned down another important role because of his busy schedule in Japan is Lo Xiao Hou in Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Ang Lee chose him for the role and Shu Qi for Zhang Ziyi's role from the beginning). There is a lot of interesting information but most of them are in Chinese, so I think there are many things that English-speaking audiences don't know yet!

i don't think i've ever seen anyone say a scene from the first story in the film is there favourite. Faye wong and tony cheung are so good in the second story it overshadows this narrative but its so strong in its own right. That scene where he's running on the track is just phenomenal.

I feel likw wkw's movies are meant to be watched alone

Listening to this character speak in Japanese with Cantonese accent is brilliant

The whole film is my favourite. Miss that mid 90s Hong Kong

Never realized he called a Japanese ex too :)

I can feel the loneliness. This part is very sad.

Untill now i still believe takeshi kaneshiro is the most handsome asian man ever🥺🥺

HIs phone calls remind me of the 10 girls I asked to prom.

I remember my dad taking me to this movie in 1996 when they held a special show in Mumbai. I was 4 years old and the only thing I remember is this scene because I wanted to eat the pineapples. Apparently he went to the movie 7 times when it was still there. Years later I found a ahem barely legal source for it and watched the whole thing. It's really hard to describe this movie melancholical nostalgia??? It's just a beautiful movie. I'll watch this with my dad again this week when I go home.

We laugh but this is honestly so depressing.

I watched this movie for a Film class - and is now one of my favorites. Best elective I've ever taken.

He talking with the woman in the bar is the best meeting scene in cinema.

he's so frickin gorgeous dude.

On 1 May, 2024, at 4 pm, in a very hot weather of summer, I decided to watch some random clips of Chungking Express to feel ease.

Happy chungking express day! It's my fav film of all time. I watch it every year on May 1.❤

I am so in love with this movie, it's essentially perfect to me

He waited for May 1st May broke up with him on April 1st This video was released on March 1st

This movie hits home especially rn

Takeshi Kaneshiro is utterly gorgeous.

Mandarin, cantonese, japanese... the language switching is so smooth and satisfying

This is the guy who ate an expired pineapple can and then became mute in "Fallen Angels"

Cos of this scene I called Takeshi Kaneshiro the "pineapple eater guy" for a long time :D Love it!

I watched the German dub of this and can't believe I missed out on trilingual scenes. Urrgh. He has a great voice.

that's so depressing that you need someone but everyone around you leaves at the same time.

that dutch angle on the last shot is so cool looking

I have seen it three times and each time I fell in love with this movie more and more....

The most unrealistic thing in this movie is how no girls interested to takeshi kaneshiro

This film is something very simple but special could not forget this film love this

I read Mars manga and Takeshi was on my mind as Rei. He wud have been the right one to cast such a role.

in this movie, if he’s not running then he’ll be eating lol cute

0:49 The dog was laughing quietly at his Cantonese...

En esta pelicula lo conoci a Takeshi Kaneshiro. Por eso la recordaré toda mi vida. Si la memoria pudiera ser enlatada, me gustaría que no tuviera fecha de caducidad. Si la tuviera, me gustaría que fuera dentro de diez mil años.

I'm about to cry watching this clip and his performance. It's so emotional 😭

this scenes is so melancholy...WKW film goat

you don’t understand the grip kaneshiro takeshi has on me

This film just never dies..

i already had nostalgia for a old hong kong my parents remember growing up in. but post pandemic and post 1997 it feels definitely like these films are treasures

i feel like this is the inspiration for the aqua teen hunger force episode where carl is calling all the girls in his yearbook

i have zero interest in men yet i think he’s incredibly attractive

KZfaq algorithm brought me here today. I actually just watched this movie for the first time last year, when a TV channel was broadcasting Tony Leung's movies in celebration of Shang Chi's release. I'm more of a Tony Leung gal, but I can't deny that Takeshi is a one in a billion actor. How many actor in the world has the kind of background and track record that he has? None I guess. He played in regular Japanese TV dramas but also played as the Chinese legendary strategist Zhuge Liang in an epic Chinese movie trilogy. He even lent his face as the protagonist of a video game in the early 2000s, before the trend of putting real actor's face in a video game was cool. No one else can be like him.

I had huge crush on him while I was playing Onimusha 3 didn't know he's this fine in rl omg xD Sir, you're breathtaking and aged like a fine wine

容貌、聲線&體型都完美，老天爺~實在太帥！我是異性戀男子😂

I love this movie

funny thing my first school was in a del monte pineapple farm that went on for kilometers, this makes this scene special to me too since i have fond memories from my old school. the school got bought some time after i moved and joined another school and i havent been there since the day i left but im told it has changed a lot and i debate whether i should go back there to feel the nostalgia of the old days but if it really has changed entirely, maybe i will be disappointed at what it has been turned into. idk but with the old photos i can get of the place maybe that would suffice. Also the chinese dub doesn't do justice to the original Cantonese.

Standing ovation for the movie!!!!

非常有型帅哥，记得他唱广东歌，「失约」，好声音！

Imo still the most handsome man

thx for this reminder! when you watch it again it tickles you if you arent really sulky or sad anymore! i never watch WKW films again its so broody. but maybe i will again thanks! i love takeshi still !

"From the black sea you know!?!" "Huh, no I don't..." Anh-Tu Hoang

He's so cute.

The times when you need a physical phonebook to make a phone call.

I love cantonese! this is my favorite scene because every time i hear him say friend it sounds like "jalapeno". such a rhythmic and pleasing language

La primera parte de Chunking Express me hizo sentir identificado con el personaje, no derrama una sola lagrima pero cualquiera que lo ve sabría que está muy muy triste.

Breaking heart made you do crazy things in real life . As this film, he eats a lots of pineapple can and lots of junk food, running through the rain. Someone doesn't do that, but someone does. Depends on how much they suffered. Truly sad ;((

That last scene is def the best scene in this movie ❤

Linguistically, I was so, so confused lol. Also, what a handsome man. Wow.

I love this part of the movie

This guy is literally my childhood vice. 🥰

Takeshi is 🥰😍🤩😘

This hits hard..

He can hit on women in so many languages 🤣

Never heard of this film, but definitely have to check it out. Thanks

My favorite Hong Kong director and my favorite British cinematographer.

He's so handsome...

it's a good clip, might watch this now lmao ty for sharing

The most judgemental non judgemental look of that boss 😂

what a fuckin beautiful man...those beautiful big dark eyes.Im in love

takeshi kaneshiro i will be there for you please don't let those women hurt you😢😢😢😢

No bullshit, KZfaq recommends me this after me and my gf break up

A world without mobile phones!

Wong Kar Wai is a genius

My question has always been why the beagle is on the counter. Dogs don't jump that high. 223 legitimately placed him on the counter (in-universe) to share his grief.

This man is a monster for drinking the liquid with the pineapples those are too fucking sweet

Today is May 1st , and KZfaq algorithm blessed me with this.

Takeshi Kaneshiro mesmerisingly mogs me

nostalgia! 😊

In Canada, depression is cured with cans of ravioli... in Asia, men are shamefully eating can after can of pineapples with syrup.

It's sound like a classic for a lot of mens in Europe. The most realistic scene in ever!

He's the handsome one My favorite

Bro he's just like me fr

Esta es una gran película, pese a que es un drama, me deja con una sensación positiva frente a la existencia.

so glad i've finally made it to Wong Kar-Wai youtube

I speak Korean, English, Madarin, Japanese but haven't had a girlfriend for 19 years. **tears roll down to my cheek**

He's very handsome, but I wouldn't want to be around any human being right after they ate 30 cans of pineapple.