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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    Tiexi qu

    2002 — a.k.a. Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks, in 8 top lists Check
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    Taiga

    1992, in 2 top lists Check
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    Genroku Chûshingura

    1941 — a.k.a. The 47 Ronin, in 4 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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    Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

    2001, in 8 top lists Check
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    Yurîka

    2000 — a.k.a. Eureka, in 2 top lists Check
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    Mohabbatein

    2000, in 1 top list Check
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    Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...

    2001, in 1 top list Check
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    Ningen no jôken

    1959 — a.k.a. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love, in 13 top lists Check
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    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
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    Sholay

    1975 — a.k.a. Embers, in 12 top lists Check
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    Erosu purasu gyakusatsu

    1969 — a.k.a. Eros + Massacre, in 3 top lists Check
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    Xia nü

    1971 — a.k.a. A Touch of Zen, in 15 top lists Check
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    Mughal-E-Azam

    1960 — a.k.a. The Emperor of the Mughals, in 8 top lists Check
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    Awaara

    1951 — a.k.a. The Tramp, in 6 top lists Check
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    Shan zhong zhuan qi

    1979 — a.k.a. Legend of the Mountain, in 3 top lists Check
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    Yi jiang chun shui xiang dong liu

    1947 — a.k.a. The Spring River Flows East, in 5 top lists Check
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    Ningen no jôken

    1961 — a.k.a. The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer, in 12 top lists Check
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    Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
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    Devdas

    2002, in 4 top lists Check
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    Suriyothai

    2001 — a.k.a. The Legend of Suriyothai, in 1 top list Check
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    Amar Akbar Anthony

    1977 — a.k.a. Amar, Akbar and Anthony, in 4 top lists Check
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    Dil Chahta Hai

    2001, in 2 top lists Check
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    Guide

    1965, in 3 top lists Check
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    Kaidan

    1964 — a.k.a. Kwaidan, in 13 top lists Check
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    Ningen no jôken

    1959 — a.k.a. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity, in 12 top lists Check
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    Noli me tángere

    1961, in 2 top lists Check
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    Shu jian en chou lu

    1987 — a.k.a. The Romance of Book and Sword, in 1 top list Check
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    Taal

    1999, in 1 top list Check
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    Waqt

    1965 — a.k.a. Time, in 2 top lists Check
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    Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

    1998 — a.k.a. Something Is Happening, in 2 top lists Check
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    Gibel Otrara

    1991 — a.k.a. The Fall of Otrar, in 2 top lists Check
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    Don

    1978, in 1 top list Check
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    Kamigami no fukaki yokubô

    1968 — a.k.a. Profound Desires of the Gods, in 6 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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    Mother India

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
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    Ba wang bie ji

    1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 17 top lists Check
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    Satya

    1998, in 3 top lists Check
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    Tôkyô orinpikku

    1965 — a.k.a. Tokyo Olympiad, in 6 top lists Check
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    Chaudhvin Ka Chand

    1960 — a.k.a. Full Moon, in 2 top lists Check
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    Kashmir Ki Kali

    1964, in 1 top list Check
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    Shree 420

    1955 — a.k.a. Mr. 420, in 4 top lists Check
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    Duo sang

    1994 — a.k.a. A Borrowed Life, in 3 top lists Check
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    Hai tan de yi tian

    1983 — a.k.a. That Day, on the Beach, in 3 top lists Check
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    Johanna D'Arc of Mongolia

    1989 — a.k.a. Joan of Arc of Mongolia, in 3 top lists Check
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    Kala Bazar

    1960 — a.k.a. The Black Market, in 1 top list Check
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    Jing Ke ci Qin Wang

    1998 — a.k.a. The Emperor and the Assassin, in 1 top list Check
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    Kagemusha

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
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    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
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    Shiva

    1989, in 1 top list Check
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