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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    Huang tu di

    1984 — a.k.a. Yellow Earth, in 9 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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    Bian zou bian chang

    1991 — a.k.a. Life on a String, in 2 top lists Check
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    He ni zai yi qi

    2002, in 1 top list Check
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    Shall we dansu?

    1996 — a.k.a. Shall We Dance?, in 4 top lists Check
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    Bakuretsu toshi

    1982 — a.k.a. Burst City, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 242 -1

    Riri Shushu no subete

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

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
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    Pâfekuto burû

    1997 — a.k.a. Perfect Blue, in 13 top lists Check
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    Jalsaghar

    1958 — a.k.a. The Music Room, in 14 top lists Check
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    Yim ji kau

    1987 — a.k.a. Rouge, in 8 top lists Check
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    Sokout

    1998 — a.k.a. The Silence, in 1 top list Check
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    Yi yi

    2000 — a.k.a. Yi Yi: A One and a Two..., in 19 top lists Check
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    Hom rong

    2004 — a.k.a. The Overture, in 1 top list Check
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    Mùi du du xanh

    1993 — a.k.a. The Scent of Green Papaya, in 5 top lists Check
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