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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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    2002 — a.k.a. Ju-on: The Grudge, in 3 top lists Check
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    2001 — a.k.a. All About Lily Chou-Chou, in 3 top lists Check
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    Ohayô

    1959 — a.k.a. Good Morning, in 9 top lists Check
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    Tanpopo

    1985 — a.k.a. Tampopo, in 10 top lists Check
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    Cure

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

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
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    Dersu Uzala

    1975, in 11 top lists Check
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    Apur Sansar

    1959 — a.k.a. The World of Apu, in 19 top lists Check
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    Aparajito

    1956 — a.k.a. The Unvanquished, in 15 top lists Check
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    Pather Panchali

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
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    2003 — a.k.a. Tokyo Godfathers, in 5 top lists Check
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    Kurutta ippêji

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    1986 — a.k.a. Castle in the Sky, in 10 top lists Check
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    Tasogare Seibei

    2002 — a.k.a. The Twilight Samurai, in 10 top lists Check
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    Bijitâ Q

    2001 — a.k.a. Visitor Q, in 4 top lists Check
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    Hana-bi

    1997 — a.k.a. Fireworks, in 11 top lists Check
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    Salam Cinema

    1995 — a.k.a. Hello Cinema, in 6 top lists Check
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    Tôkyô nagaremono

    1966 — a.k.a. Tokyo Drifter, in 6 top lists Check
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    1997 — a.k.a. Happy Together, in 13 top lists 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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    Kumonosu-jô

    1957 — a.k.a. Throne of Blood, in 16 top lists Check
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    Tanin no kao

    1966 — a.k.a. The Face of Another, in 7 top lists Check
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    1994 — a.k.a. Through the Olive Trees, in 9 top lists Check
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    Zendegi va digar hich

    1992 — a.k.a. And Life Goes On, in 10 top lists Check
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    1987 — a.k.a. Where Is the Friend's House?, in 15 top lists Check
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    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
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    Jalsaghar

    1958 — a.k.a. The Music Room, in 14 top lists Check
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    Ta'm e guilass

    1997 — a.k.a. Taste of Cherry, in 17 top lists Check
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    Kagemusha

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
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    Khaneh siah ast

    1963 — a.k.a. The House Is Black, in 13 top lists Check
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    Enter the Dragon

    1973, in 14 top lists Check
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    Bacheha-Ye aseman

    1997 — a.k.a. Children of Heaven, in 10 top lists 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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    Ukikusa

    1959 — a.k.a. Floating Weeds, in 10 top lists Check
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    Banshun

    1949 — a.k.a. Late Spring, in 16 top lists Check
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    Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo

    1932 — a.k.a. I Was Born, But..., in 15 top lists Check
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    Tetsuo

    1989 — a.k.a. Tetsuo, the Iron Man, in 10 top lists Check
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    Kôkaku Kidôtai

    1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check
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    Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä

    1984 — a.k.a. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, in 10 top lists Check
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    Onibaba

    1964, in 13 top lists Check
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    Sud pralad

    2004 — a.k.a. Tropical Malady, in 10 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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    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
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    Seppuku

    1962 — a.k.a. Hara-Kiri, in 16 top lists Check
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    Salinui chueok

    2003 — a.k.a. Memories of Murder, in 17 top lists Check
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    Suna no onna

    1964 — a.k.a. Woman in the Dunes, in 22 top lists Check
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    Chung Hing sam lam

    1994 — a.k.a. Chungking Express, in 19 top lists Check
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