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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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    Zangiku monogatari

    1939 — a.k.a. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, in 13 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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    Qian xi man bo

    2001 — a.k.a. Millennium Mambo, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 367 -3

    Xia nü

    1971 — a.k.a. A Touch of Zen, in 15 top lists Check
  5. 580 -3

    Khaneh siah ast

    1963 — a.k.a. The House Is Black, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 266 -5

    Kôkaku Kidôtai

    1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check
  7. 222 -1

    Kairo

    2001 — a.k.a. Pulse, in 5 top lists Check
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    Tanpopo

    1985 — a.k.a. Tampopo, in 10 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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    Ta'm e guilass

    1997 — a.k.a. Taste of Cherry, in 17 top lists Check
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    Dersu Uzala

    1975, in 11 top lists Check
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    Kagemusha

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
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    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
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    Banshun

    1949 — a.k.a. Late Spring, in 16 top lists Check
  15. 107 -

    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
  16. 97 -

    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  17. 141 -

    Suna no onna

    1964 — a.k.a. Woman in the Dunes, in 22 top lists Check
  18. 650 -3

    Hai shang hua

    1998 — a.k.a. Flowers of Shanghai, in 8 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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    Nema-ye Nazdik

    1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check
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    Enter the Dragon

    1973, in 14 top lists Check
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    Ringu

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
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    Sennen joyû

    2001 — a.k.a. Millennium Actress, in 7 top lists Check
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    Seppuku

    1962 — a.k.a. Hara-Kiri, in 16 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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    Zatôichi

    2003 — a.k.a. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, in 6 top lists Check
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    Paradise Now

    2005, in 6 top lists Check
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    Ju-on

    2002 — a.k.a. Ju-on: The Grudge, in 3 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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    Mission: Impossible II

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
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    Sense and Sensibility

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
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    Shi mian mai fu

    2004 — a.k.a. House of Flying Daggers, in 5 top lists Check
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    Gwoemul

    2006 — a.k.a. The Host, in 11 top lists Check
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    Ying xiong

    2002 — a.k.a. Hero, in 6 top lists Check
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    Dip huet seung hung

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

    1964, in 13 top lists Check
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    Ôdishon

    1999 — a.k.a. Audition, in 11 top lists Check
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    2046

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
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    Sang sattawat

    2006 — a.k.a. Syndromes and a Century, in 6 top lists Check
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    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
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    Zhantai

    2000 — a.k.a. Platform, in 10 top lists Check
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    Aparajito

    1956 — a.k.a. The Unvanquished, in 15 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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    Kumonosu-jô

    1957 — a.k.a. Throne of Blood, in 16 top lists Check
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    Apur Sansar

    1959 — a.k.a. The World of Apu, in 19 top lists Check
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    Yi yi

    2000 — a.k.a. Yi Yi: A One and a Two..., in 19 top lists Check
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    Pather Panchali

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
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    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
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    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
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    Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta

    1986 — a.k.a. Castle in the Sky, in 10 top lists Check
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