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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    Jing Ke ci Qin Wang

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

    2003 — a.k.a. Purple Butterfly, in 1 top list Check
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    Zhantai

    2000 — a.k.a. Platform, in 10 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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    Kagemusha

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
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    Jigokumon

    1953 — a.k.a. Gate of Hell, in 9 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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    Ningen no jôken

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

    1962 — a.k.a. Hara-Kiri, in 16 top lists Check
  10. 128 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  11. 130 -

    Gohatto

    1999 — a.k.a. Taboo, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 136 -

    Kuroi ame

    1989 — a.k.a. Black Rain, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 139 -

    Kanzô sensei

    1998 — a.k.a. Dr. Akagi, in 2 top lists Check
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    Sharaku

    1995, in 1 top list Check
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    Gunki hatameku motoni

    1972 — a.k.a. Under the Flag of the Rising Sun, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 197 -1

    Gojô reisenki: Gojoe

    2000 — a.k.a. Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle, in 1 top list Check
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    Shatranj Ke Khilari

    1977 — a.k.a. The Chess Players, in 4 top lists Check
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    Zhong lie tu

    1975 — a.k.a. The Valiant Ones, in 2 top lists Check
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    Mogholha

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mongols, in 4 top lists Check
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    Nassereddin Shah, Actor-e Cinema

    1992 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time, Cinema, in 2 top lists Check
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    Hao nan hao nu

    1995 — a.k.a. Good Men, Good Women, in 3 top lists Check
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    Matir Moina

    2002 — a.k.a. The Clay Bird, in 1 top list Check
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    S21, la machine de mort khmère rouge

    2003 — a.k.a. S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine, in 6 top lists Check
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    Lelaki komunis terakhir

    2006 — a.k.a. The Last Communist, in 1 top list Check
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    Bangrajan

    2000 — a.k.a. Bang Rajan, in 1 top list Check
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    Kundun

    1997, in 1 top list Check
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    Gibel Otrara

    1991 — a.k.a. The Fall of Otrar, in 2 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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    The Conqueror

    1956 — a.k.a. Conqueror of the Desert, in 1 top list Check
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    Genghis Khan

    1965, in 1 top list Check
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    Mivtsa Yonatan

    1977 — a.k.a. Entebbe: Operation Thunderbolt, in 2 top lists Check
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