Takeshi Kaneshiro
Chungking Express
(1994)
Kar-wai Wong
8 wins & 19 nominations.
Two melancholy Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant he frequents.
House of Flying Daggers
(2004)
Feng Li, Bin Wang, Yimou Zhang
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 19 wins & 57 nominations.
A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
Returner
(2002)
Richard Epcar (dubbed version), Kenya Hirata, Takashi Yamazaki
2 wins & 3 nominations.
A young woman from the future forces a local gunman to help her stop an impending alien invasion which will wipe out the human race.