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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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 -
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Moetsukita chizu
1968 — a.k.a. The Man Without a Map, in 1 top list Check -
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Gunki hatameku motoni
1972 — a.k.a. Under the Flag of the Rising Sun, in 3 top lists Check -
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Yajû no seishun
1963 — a.k.a. Youth of the Beast, in 3 top lists Check -
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Tsigoineruwaizen
1980 — a.k.a. Zigeunerweisen, in 3 top lists Check -
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Tenshi no kôkotsu
1972 — a.k.a. Ecstasy of the Angels, in 1 top list Check -
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Rokugatsu no hebi
2002 — a.k.a. A Snake of June, in 2 top lists Check -
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Ringu
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Honogurai mizu no soko kara
2002 — a.k.a. Dark Water, in 3 top lists Check -
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Cure
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Kairo
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Enbamingu
1999 — a.k.a. Enbalming, in 1 top list Check -
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Paprika
2006, in 7 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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Gumnaam
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Shan zhong zhuan qi
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Fung gip
1979 — a.k.a. The Secret, in 2 top lists Check -
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2001 — a.k.a. Visible Secret, in 1 top list Check -
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Mou gaan dou
2002 — a.k.a. Infernal Affairs, in 14 top lists Check -
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Cheung foh
1999 — a.k.a. The Mission, in 5 top lists Check -
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2003 — a.k.a. Memories of Murder, in 17 top lists Check -
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Geomi sup
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Janghwa, Hongryeon
2003 — a.k.a. A Tale of Two Sisters, in 5 top lists Check -
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Yeogo goedam
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2005 — a.k.a. Murder, Take One, in 1 top list Check -
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Shi gan
2006 — a.k.a. Time, in 1 top list Check -
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Oldeuboi
2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check -
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Gabbeh
1996, in 4 top lists Check -
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Maynila sa mga kuko ng liwanag
1975 — a.k.a. Manila in the Claws of Light, in 9 top lists Check -
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Bangkok Haunted
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Dokfa nai meuman
2000 — a.k.a. Mysterious Object at Noon, in 6 top lists Check -
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Walk on Water
2004, in 1 top list Check
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