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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See the IMDb list description for a list of films missing from IMDb.

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    Ba wang bie ji

    1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 17 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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    Beijing zazhong

    1993 — a.k.a. Beijing Bastards, 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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    Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda

    1992 — a.k.a. The Seventh Horse of the Sun, in 2 top lists Check
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    1993 — a.k.a. To the Starry Island, in 1 top list Check
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    1993 — a.k.a. The Actor, in 1 top list Check
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    1993 — a.k.a. The Puppetmaster, in 11 top lists Check
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    1993 — a.k.a. The Wedding Banquet, in 9 top lists Check
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    Little Buddha

    1993, in 1 top list Check
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    Golem, le jardin pétrifié

    1994, in 1 top list Check
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    Mavi sürgün

    1993 — a.k.a. The Blue Exile, in 1 top list Check
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