Takeshi Kaneshiro played Samonosuke Akechi in Onimusha: Warlords, while subsequent installments used Yūsaku Matsuda (who died of bladder cancer in 1989 at the age of 40) and Jean Reno as face ...
The Warlords (投名狀), previously known as The Blood Brothers, is a 2007 Hong Kong epic historical action film directed by Peter Chan, starring Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Xu Jinglei.