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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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    2005 — a.k.a. A Bittersweet Life, in 2 top lists Check
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    Koroshiya 1

    2001 — a.k.a. Ichi the Killer, in 5 top lists Check
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    2002 — a.k.a. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, in 4 top lists Check
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    2003 — a.k.a. Save the Green Planet!, in 4 top lists Check
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    Innocence

    2004 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, in 3 top lists Check
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    Paprika

    2006, in 7 top lists Check
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    Kundun

    1997, in 1 top list Check
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    Enter the Dragon

    1973, in 14 top lists Check
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    The Ice Storm

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
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    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
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    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
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