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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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    Yajû no seishun

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    Kawaita hana

    1964 — a.k.a. Pale Flower, in 7 top lists Check
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    1979 — a.k.a. Vengeance Is Mine, in 10 top lists Check
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    2003 — a.k.a. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, in 6 top lists Check
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    1994, in 5 top lists Check
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    Bangkok Dangerous

    2000, in 1 top list Check
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    Biandan, guniang

    1998 — a.k.a. So Close to Paradise, in 1 top list Check
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    Bin-jip

    2004 — a.k.a. 3-Iron, in 9 top lists Check
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    1973 — a.k.a. Chained Women, in 1 top list Check
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    2000, in 2 top lists Check
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    1999 — a.k.a. The Mission, in 5 top lists Check
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    2001 — a.k.a. Friend, in 1 top list Check
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    1998 — a.k.a. The Quiet Family, in 1 top list Check
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    2001 — a.k.a. Fulltime Killer, in 2 top lists Check
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    2002, in 1 top list Check
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    Da zui xia

    1966 — a.k.a. Come Drink with Me, in 4 top lists Check
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    Dai si gin

    2004 — a.k.a. Breaking News, in 1 top list Check
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    Dead or Alive: Final

    2002, in 1 top list Check
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    Dip huet seung hung

    1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check
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    Don

    1978, in 1 top list Check
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    Enter the Dragon

    1973, in 14 top lists Check
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    Game of Death

    1978, in 2 top lists Check
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    Gendai yakuza: hito-kiri yota

    1972 — a.k.a. Street Mobster, in 1 top list Check
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    Geuddae geusaramdeul

    2005 — a.k.a. The President's Last Bang, in 1 top list Check
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    Gheisar

    1969, in 2 top lists Check
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    Ging chaat goo si juk jaap

    1988 — a.k.a. Police Story 2, in 6 top lists Check
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    Guling jie shaonian sharen shijian

    1991 — a.k.a. A Brighter Summer Day, in 19 top lists Check
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    Hak se wooi

    2005 — a.k.a. Election, in 3 top lists Check
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    Hak se wui: Yi woo wai kwai

    2006 — a.k.a. Election 2, in 2 top lists Check
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