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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Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
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Wo hu cang long
2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 top lists Check -
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Ran
1985, in 25 top lists Check -
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Akira
1988, in 22 top lists Check -
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Seppuku
1962 — a.k.a. Hara-Kiri, in 16 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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Ying xiong
2002 — a.k.a. Hero, in 6 top lists Check -
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Gwoemul
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Dip huet seung hung
1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check -
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Enter the Dragon
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Lat sau san taam
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Shi mian mai fu
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Koroshi no rakuin
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Dalkomhan insaeng
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Wong Fei-Hung
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Jing wu men
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Rush Hour
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Genroku Chûshingura
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Jui kuen
1978 — a.k.a. Drunken Master, in 9 top lists Check -
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Do ma daan
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Long men kezhan
1967 — a.k.a. Dragon Inn, in 8 top lists Check -
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Ong-bak
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Rush Hour 2
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Meng long guo jiang
1972 — a.k.a. The Way of the Dragon, in 7 top lists Check -
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Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia
2006 — a.k.a. Curse of the Golden Flower, in 2 top lists Check -
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Versus
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Hung fan kui
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Tian xia di yi quan
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'A' gai wak
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Rush Hour 3
2007, in 3 top lists Check -
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Tang shan da xiong
1971 — a.k.a. The Big Boss, in 4 top lists Check -
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Tokyo Fist
1995, in 1 top list Check -
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Du bi quan wang da po xue di zi
1976 — a.k.a. Master of the Flying Guillotine, 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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Fah talai jone
2000 — a.k.a. Tears of the Black Tiger, in 3 top lists Check
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