Kanehiro Ri

Acting
1970-09-10
Kanagawa, Japan

Biography

Kanehiro Ri (李 鐘浩, り かねひろ) is a Japanese actor of Korean ethnicity born in the prefecture of Kanagawa. He is known as Lee Jong-ho (이종호, 李じょんほ) in Korean. He was formerly credited under the stage names Shoichi Kurata (倉田昇一) and Hiroshi Sakuma (佐久间洋, さくまひろし).

Known For & Full Filmography9 Titles

#1Ring

Movie - 1998, 2h 15m as Komiya kameraman

7.1 / 10
HorrorThriller

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.

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#2Mitabi no kaikyô

Movie - 1995, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
Drama

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#3Noriko's Dinner Table

Movie - 2005, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
DramaThrillerHorror

A teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's family circle, which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.

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#4To Walk Beside You

Movie - 2009, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

4.5 / 10
Drama

A 17-year-old country boy named Norio decides his only option is to follow his late parents’ example and commit suicide. After failing even at that, his 34-year-old English teacher Akemi convinces him that he should instead move to Tokyo with her and become a lawyer on her dime. Unfortunately, Akemi doesn’t have quite as much money as she leads Norio to believe, and has to secretly get a job at a karaoke bar under the guise of “going to the salon”. Meanwhile, she continuously prods her somewhat dimwitted student to work harder toward her manufactured goal of him becoming a lawyer. Although Norio is falling in love with Akemi, he’s not all that interested in studying, and matters only get worse when he discovers his benefactor’s secret source of income.

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#5Sada

Movie - 1998, 2h 15m as Young Chef

7.0 / 10
Drama

On 17 May 1936–during a period of war, economic depression, public unease and growing militarism, a time of unrest and confusion when public opinion was, at best, unpredictable–Sada Abe killed and emasculated her lover. Condemned by the law, Sada finds herself lionised by the press and hailed as a 'saint' of love. Because hers was a crime of passion, the purity of her motivation elevates her from criminal to heroine.

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#6The Choice of Hercules

Movie - 2002, 2h 15m as Itô - Assistant Police Inspector

7.6 / 10
DramaActionCrime

When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation. But the task had its challenges. Upon arriving in mountainous Nagano, Sassa had to compete with freezing winter temperatures, conflicting opinions between the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and the Nagano Prefectural Police, as well as public opinion to gain entrance to the lodge that held the single woman captive.

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#7Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire

Movie - 2004, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.0 / 10
Drama

Story of Rikidozan, a sumo wrestler who can only achieve limited success in Japan because he's half Korean. But when Rikidozan goes to the United States and discovers professional wrestling, he becomes a hero back home.

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#8What Can I Do for You

Movie - 1999, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
DramaRomance

Takase, a fledgling recording engineer, visits Miyakojima Island in Okinawa for a documentary program. There he meets violinist Yohko and is attracted to her. She participates in the filming as a reporter despite the fact that she has a boyfriend with whom she communicates via e-mail. However, she has an unusual relationship with the artist Kijima. This coming-of-age film delicately depicts the protagonist's personal growth with a documentary touch, incorporating descriptions of the climate of Miyako Island and the actual people who weave the Miyako Kamifu cloth.

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#9Birthright

Movie - 2010, 2h 15m as Minoru Takeda

6.7 / 10
ThrillerHorror

Mika, who grew up in an orphanage, having been abandoned soon after birth, begins to look for her mother Naoko. Finding Naoko living happily with her husband and teenage daughter Ayano, she continues to watch from afar...

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