Word: chengwu
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...story "Pan-Asian Sensation" [Oct. 6] misspelled the name of Turn Left Turn Right director as Johnny To. His name should be spelled Johnnie To. Also, Takeshi Kaneshiro's name in Mandarin should read Jin Chengwu, not Kin Chengwu as it appeared in the text...
...Kaneshiro's ability to act convincingly in several tongues helps explain his pan-Asian appeal. Because the characters of his name are read differently across the region, he's known as Kam Shing-mo in Cantonese, Kin Chengwu in Mandarin and Kim Sung Moo in Korean. "I feel weird sometimes," he says as he sips iced coffee in a secluded hotel caf? in Tokyo. "When people call me Mr. Kam, I'm like, who is Mr. Kam? Or they call me Mr. Kim, and I have to remind them that I'm not Korean." He admits his shape-shifting attributes...
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