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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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    Dingjunshan

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    Raja Harishchandra

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    Zhuangzi shi qi

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    The Righteous Revenge

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    1925, in 1 top list Check
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    Arirang

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
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    Kurutta ippêji

    1926 — a.k.a. A Page of Madness, in 12 top lists Check
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    Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
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    Potomok Chingis-Khana

    1928 — a.k.a. Storm Over Asia, in 8 top lists Check
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    Abi va Rabi

    1930 — a.k.a. Abi and Rabi, in 1 top list Check
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    Alam Ara

    1931 — a.k.a. The Beauty of the World, in 1 top list Check
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    Madamu to nyôbô

    1931 — a.k.a. The Neighbor's Wife and Mine, 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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    Chun can

    1933, in 2 top lists Check
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    Dokhtare Lor

    1933 — a.k.a. Dokhtare Lor ya irane druz va emruz, in 1 top list Check
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    Kuang liu

    1933, in 1 top list Check
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    Laila majnun

    1933, in 1 top list Check
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    Ukikusa monogatari

    1934 — a.k.a. A Story of Floating Weeds, in 7 top lists Check
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    Chun Hyang-jon

    1935 — a.k.a. The Story of Chun-hyang, in 1 top list
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    Dalu

    1935 — a.k.a. The Big Road, in 4 top lists Check
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    Tôkyô no yado

    1935 — a.k.a. An Inn in Tokyo, in 3 top lists Check
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    Yukinojô henge: Daiippen dainihen

    1935, in 1 top list Check
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    Devdas

    1936, in 3 top lists Check
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    Gion no shimai

    1936 — a.k.a. Sisters of the Gion, in 5 top lists Check
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    Mimong

    1936 — a.k.a. Sweet Dream, in 2 top lists Check
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    Naniwa erejî

    1936 — a.k.a. Osaka Elegy, in 4 top lists Check
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    Yukinojô henge: Kaiketsu-hen

    1936, in 1 top list Check
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    Ma lu tian shi

    1937 — a.k.a. Street Angel, in 6 top lists Check
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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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    Genroku Chûshingura

    1941 — a.k.a. The 47 Ronin, in 4 top lists Check
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    Jayu manse

    1946, 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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    Xiao cheng zhi chun

    1948 — a.k.a. Spring in a Small Town, in 10 top lists Check
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    Yoidore tenshi

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

    1949, in 4 top lists Check
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    Banshun

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    Maeumui gohyang

    1949 — a.k.a. A Hometown in Heart, in 4 top lists Check
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    Nora inu

    1949 — a.k.a. Stray Dog, in 9 top lists Check
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    Genghis Khan

    1950, in 2 top lists Check
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    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
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    Awaara

    1951 — a.k.a. The Tramp, in 6 top lists Check
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    Meshi

    1951 — a.k.a. Repast, in 3 top lists Check
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    Buhay alamang

    1952, in 1 top list Check
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    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
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    Saikaku ichidai onna

    1952 — a.k.a. The Life of Oharu, in 12 top lists Check
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    Do Bigha Zamin

    1953, in 4 top lists Check
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    Jigokumon

    1953 — a.k.a. Gate of Hell, in 9 top lists Check
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    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
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    Ugetsu monogatari

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

    1954 — a.k.a. A Story from Chikamatsu, in 10 top lists Check
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