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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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    1986 — a.k.a. Dust in the Wind, in 4 top lists Check
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    2002 — a.k.a. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, in 4 top lists Check
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    1969 — a.k.a. Go, Go, Second Time Virgin, in 2 top lists Check
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    Yoidore tenshi

    1948 — a.k.a. Drunken Angel, in 7 top lists Check
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    Ukigumo

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    2000 — a.k.a. Joint Security Area, in 3 top lists Check
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    2004 — a.k.a. Breaking News, in 1 top list Check
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    2003, in 3 top lists Check
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    Koroshi no rakuin

    1967 — a.k.a. Branded to Kill, in 8 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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    Cheung foh

    1999 — a.k.a. The Mission, in 5 top lists Check
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    Chun gwong cha sit

    1997 — a.k.a. Happy Together, in 13 top lists Check
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    Banshun

    1949 — a.k.a. Late Spring, in 16 top lists Check
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    Sennen joyû

    2001 — a.k.a. Millennium Actress, in 7 top lists Check
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    Bei qing cheng shi

    1989 — a.k.a. A City of Sadness, in 10 top lists Check
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    Bin-jip

    2004 — a.k.a. 3-Iron, in 9 top lists Check
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    Seishun zankoku monogatari

    1960 — a.k.a. Cruel Story of Youth, in 3 top lists Check
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    Yeojaneun namjaui miraeda

    2004 — a.k.a. Woman Is the Future of Man, in 1 top list Check
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    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
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    Naniwa erejî

    1936 — a.k.a. Osaka Elegy, in 4 top lists Check
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    Tôkyô nagaremono

    1966 — a.k.a. Tokyo Drifter, in 6 top lists Check
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    1999 — a.k.a. Peppermint Candy, in 5 top lists Check
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