Tom Vick's Asian Cinema: A Field Guide

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Asian Cinema: A Field Guide (2007) by Tom Vick is a book about the history of cinema in various regions throughout Asia. This is a list of films mentioned in the book.
Part One: The Old Guard
China: Tradition and Resistance (#1-76)
Japan: Cinema of Extremes (77-268)
India: All That and then Some (269-358)
Part Two: Postwar Booms
Hong Kong: The Fine Art of Popular Cinema (359-453)
Korea: Rising from the Ashes of History (454-578)
Part Three: Recent Arrivals
Iran: A Continuing Conversation (579-637)
Taiwan: The Little Island that Could (638-682)
Part Four: New Players
South and Southeast Asia: Coming Into Focus
Bangladesh (683 & 684), Bhutan (685 & 686), Cambodia (687-689), Indonesia (690-696), Malaysia and Singapore (697-711), Nepal (712 & 713), Pakistan (714), The Philippines (715-739), Sri Lanka (740-744), Thailand (745-774), Tibet (775-780), Vietnam (781-792)
Central Asia and the Middle East: Global Intersections
The Former Soviet Republics, Afghanistan, and Mongolia (793-808), The Middle East (809–841), Turkey (842-852)
Part Five: Where to Go from Here
(List of websites and books)
Source
See the IMDb list description for a list of films missing from IMDb.
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Dalu
1935 — a.k.a. The Big Road, in 4 top lists Check -
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Chun can
1933, in 2 top lists Check -
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Kuang liu
1933, in 1 top list Check -
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Ma lu tian shi
1937 — a.k.a. Street Angel, in 6 top lists Check -
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Ruan Ling Yu
1991 — a.k.a. Center Stage, in 10 top lists Check -
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Yi jiang chun shui xiang dong liu
1947 — a.k.a. The Spring River Flows East, in 5 top lists Check -
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Xiao cheng zhi chun
1948 — a.k.a. Spring in a Small Town, in 10 top lists Check -
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Nu lan wu hao
1957 — a.k.a. Woman Basketball Player No. 5, in 1 top list Check -
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Wutai jiemei
1964 — a.k.a. Two Stage Sisters, in 6 top lists Check -
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Hong se niang zi jun
1961 — a.k.a. The Red Detachment of Women, in 1 top list Check -
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Yi ge he ba ge
1983 — a.k.a. One and Eight, in 1 top list Check -
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Huang tu di
1984 — a.k.a. Yellow Earth, in 9 top lists Check -
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Hong gao liang
1988 — a.k.a. Red Sorghum, in 11 top lists Check -
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Ba wang bie ji
1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 18 top lists Check -
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Ju Dou
1990, in 5 top lists Check -
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Da yue bing
1986 — a.k.a. The Big Parade, in 1 top list Check -
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Hai zi wang
1987 — a.k.a. King of the Children, in 3 top lists Check -
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Bian zou bian chang
1991 — a.k.a. Life on a String, in 2 top lists Check -
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Feng yue
1996 — a.k.a. Temptress Moon, in 1 top list Check -
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Jing Ke ci Qin Wang
1998 — a.k.a. The Emperor and the Assassin, in 1 top list Check -
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He ni zai yi qi
2002, in 1 top list Check -
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Da hong denglong gaogao gua
1991 — a.k.a. Raise the Red Lantern, in 21 top lists Check -
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Qiu Ju da guan si
1992 — a.k.a. The Story of Qiu Ju, in 8 top lists Check -
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Huo zhe
1994 — a.k.a. To Live, in 7 top lists Check -
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Yao a yao, yao dao wai po qiao
1995 — a.k.a. Shanghai Triad, in 1 top list Check -
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You hua hao hao shuo
1997 — a.k.a. Keep Cool, in 1 top list Check -
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Yi ge dou bu neng shao
1999 — a.k.a. Not One Less, in 4 top lists Check -
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Wo de fu qin mu qin
1999 — a.k.a. The Road Home, in 2 top lists Check -
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Xing fu shi guang
2000 — a.k.a. Happy Times, in 1 top list Check -
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Ying xiong
2002 — a.k.a. Hero, in 7 top lists Check -
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Shi mian mai fu
2004 — a.k.a. House of Flying Daggers, in 5 top lists Check -
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Qian li zou dan qi
2005 — a.k.a. Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, in 2 top lists Check -
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Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia
2006 — a.k.a. Curse of the Golden Flower, in 2 top lists Check -
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Lie chang zha sha
1984 — a.k.a. On the Hunting Ground, in 1 top list Check -
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Dao ma zei
1986 — a.k.a. The Horse Thief, in 6 top lists Check -
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Lan feng zheng
1993 — a.k.a. The Blue Kite, in 8 top lists Check -
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Xiao cheng zhi chun
2002 — a.k.a. Springtime in a Small Town, in 3 top lists Check -
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Cha ma gu dao xi lie
2004 — a.k.a. Tea-Horse Road Series: Delamu, in 2 top lists Check -
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Wu Qingyuan
2006 — a.k.a. The Go Master, in 1 top list Check -
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Beijing zazhong
1993 — a.k.a. Beijing Bastards, in 1 top list Check -
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Guang Chang
1994 — a.k.a. The Square, in 1 top list Check -
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Erzi
1996, in 1 top list Check -
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Dong gong xi gong
1996 — a.k.a. East Palace, West Palace, in 1 top list Check -
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Guo nian hui jia
1999 — a.k.a. Seventeen Years, in 1 top list Check -
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Wo ai ni
2002, in 1 top list Check -
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Lü cha
2003 — a.k.a. Green Tea, in 1 top list Check -
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Dongchun de rizi
1993 — a.k.a. The Days, in 1 top list Check -
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Jidu hanleng
1996 — a.k.a. Frozen, in 1 top list Check -
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Biandan, guniang
1998 — a.k.a. So Close to Paradise, in 1 top list Check -
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Suzhou he
2000 — a.k.a. Suzhou River, in 1 top list Check