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)

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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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    Biandan, guniang

    1998 — a.k.a. So Close to Paradise, in 1 top list Check
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    Man yan

    2004 — a.k.a. Pirated Copy, in 1 top list Check
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    Mang jing

    2003 — a.k.a. Blind Shaft, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 92 -

    Yoidore tenshi

    1948 — a.k.a. Drunken Angel, in 7 top lists Check
  6. 93 -

    Nora inu

    1949 — a.k.a. Stray Dog, in 9 top lists Check
  7. 94 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
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    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  9. 127 -

    Kôshikei

    1968 — a.k.a. Death by Hanging, in 8 top lists Check
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    Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari

    1979 — a.k.a. Vengeance Is Mine, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 144 -

    Kawaita hana

    1964 — a.k.a. Pale Flower, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 154 -

    Jingi naki tatakai

    1973 — a.k.a. Battles Without Honor and Humanity, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 157 -

    Gendai yakuza: hito-kiri yota

    1972 — a.k.a. Street Mobster, in 1 top list Check
  14. 158 -

    Jingi no hakaba

    1975 — a.k.a. Graveyard of Honor, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 159 -

    Kuro tokage

    1968 — a.k.a. Black Lizard, in 1 top list Check
  16. 164 -

    Ankokugai no bijo

    1958 — a.k.a. Underworld Beauty, in 1 top list Check
  17. 165 -

    Yajû no seishun

    1963 — a.k.a. Youth of the Beast, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 166 -

    Kantô mushuku

    1963 — a.k.a. Kanto Wanderer, in 1 top list Check
  19. 167 -

    Tôkyô nagaremono

    1966 — a.k.a. Tokyo Drifter, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 168 -

    Koroshi no rakuin

    1967 — a.k.a. Branded to Kill, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 172 -

    Pisutoru opera

    2001 — a.k.a. Pistol Opera, in 2 top lists Check
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    Joshû sasori: Dai-41 zakkyo-bô

    1972 — a.k.a. Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41, in 1 top list Check
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    Jisatsu sâkuru

    2001 — a.k.a. Suicide Club, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 183 -1

    Dead or Alive: Final

    2002, in 1 top list Check
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    Koroshiya 1

    2001 — a.k.a. Ichi the Killer, in 5 top lists Check
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    Shin Jingi no Hakaba

    2002 — a.k.a. Graveyard of Honor, in 1 top list Check
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    Hana-bi

    1997 — a.k.a. Fireworks, in 11 top lists Check
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    Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki

    1989 — a.k.a. Violent Cop, in 4 top lists Check
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    3-4 x jûgatsu

    1990 — a.k.a. Boiling Point, in 2 top lists Check
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    Sonachine

    1993 — a.k.a. Sonatine, in 10 top lists Check
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    Brother

    2000, in 2 top lists Check
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    Zatôichi

    2003 — a.k.a. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, in 6 top lists Check
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    Cure

    1997 — a.k.a. The Cure, in 7 top lists Check
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    Anaza hevun

    2000 — a.k.a. Another Heaven, in 1 top list Check
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    Marusa no onna

    1987 — a.k.a. A Taxing Woman, in 2 top lists Check
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    Marusa no onna 2

    1988 — a.k.a. A Taxing Woman's Return, in 1 top list Check
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    Tsumetai chi

    1997 — a.k.a. An Obsession, in 1 top list Check
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    Riri Shushu no subete

    2001 — a.k.a. All About Lily Chou-Chou, in 3 top lists Check
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    Andaz

    1949, in 4 top lists Check
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    Nishant

    1975, in 3 top lists Check
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    Kala Bazar

    1960 — a.k.a. The Black Market, in 1 top list Check
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    Zanjeer

    1973 — a.k.a. The Chain, in 2 top lists Check
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    Satya

    1998, in 3 top lists Check
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    Company

    2002, in 1 top list Check
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    Bandit Queen

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
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    Salaam Bombay!

    1988, in 9 top lists Check
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    Don

    1978, in 1 top list Check
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    Da zui xia

    1966 — a.k.a. Come Drink with Me, in 4 top lists Check
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    Tang shan da xiong

    1971 — a.k.a. The Big Boss, in 4 top lists Check
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    Meng long guo jiang

    1972 — a.k.a. The Way of the Dragon, in 7 top lists Check
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