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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Yôjinbô
1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 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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Kung fu
2004 — a.k.a. Kung Fu Hustle, in 11 top lists Check -
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Zatôichi
2003 — a.k.a. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, in 6 top lists Check -
386 -3
Rush Hour
1998, in 3 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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Ohayô
1959 — a.k.a. Good Morning, in 9 top lists Check -
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Ging chaat goo si
1985 — a.k.a. Police Story, in 10 top lists Check -
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Rush Hour 2
2001, in 3 top lists Check -
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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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Siu Lam juk kau
2001 — a.k.a. Shaolin Soccer, in 5 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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Tanpopo
1985 — a.k.a. Tampopo, in 10 top lists Check -
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Monsoon Wedding
2001, in 8 top lists Check -
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Bend It Like Beckham
2002, in 2 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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Yeopgijeogin geunyeo
2001 — a.k.a. My Sassy Girl, in 3 top lists Check -
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'A' gai wak
1983 — a.k.a. Project A, in 4 top lists Check -
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Rush Hour 3
2007, in 3 top lists Check -
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Jui kuen
1978 — a.k.a. Drunken Master, in 9 top lists Check -
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Katakuri-ke no kôfuku
2001 — a.k.a. The Happiness of the Katakuris, in 2 top lists Check -
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Lung hing foo dai
1986 — a.k.a. Armour of God, in 3 top lists Check -
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Fei ying gai wak
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Hung fan kui
1995 — a.k.a. Rumble in the Bronx, in 3 top lists Check -
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Erogotoshi-tachi yori: Jinruigaku nyûmon
1966 — a.k.a. The Pornographers, in 3 top lists Check -
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3-4 x jûgatsu
1990 — a.k.a. Boiling Point, in 2 top lists Check -
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Bijitâ Q
2001 — a.k.a. Visitor Q, in 4 top lists Check -
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Bu san
2003 — a.k.a. Goodbye, Dragon Inn, in 5 top lists Check -
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Shanghai Noon
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Sholay
1975 — a.k.a. Embers, in 11 top lists Check -
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Xi yan
1993 — a.k.a. The Wedding Banquet, in 9 top lists Check -
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Yin shi nan nu
1994 — a.k.a. Eat Drink Man Woman, in 4 top lists Check -
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Jigureul jikyeora!
2003 — a.k.a. Save the Green Planet!, in 4 top lists Check -
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Kikujirô no natsu
1999 — a.k.a. Kikujiro, in 6 top lists Check -
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Se ying diu sau
1978 — a.k.a. Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, in 2 top lists Check -
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Tian bian yi duo yun
2005 — a.k.a. The Wayward Cloud, in 4 top lists Check -
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Dead or Alive: Final
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Hei yan quan
2006 — a.k.a. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone, in 4 top lists Check -
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Qiu Ju da guan si
1992 — a.k.a. The Story of Qiu Ju, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Tuxedo
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Dil Chahta Hai
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Ren xiao yao
2002 — a.k.a. Unknown Pleasures, in 2 top lists Check -
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Ruang rak noi nid mahasan
2003 — a.k.a. Last Life in the Universe, in 2 top lists Check -
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Uzumaki
2000 — a.k.a. Spiral, in 2 top lists Check -
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Chûgoku no chôjin
1998 — a.k.a. The Bird People in China, in 1 top list Check -
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Do ma daan
1986 — a.k.a. Peking Opera Blues, in 5 top lists Check -
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Ging chaat goo si 4: Gaan dan yam mo
1996 — a.k.a. First Strike, in 1 top list Check -
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Mayis Sikintisi
1999 — a.k.a. Clouds of May, in 2 top lists Check -
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Noon o Goldoon
1996 — a.k.a. A Moment of Innocence, in 9 top lists Check -
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Salam Cinema
1995 — a.k.a. Hello Cinema, in 6 top lists Check
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