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 -
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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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Gohatto
1999 — a.k.a. Taboo, in 2 top lists Check -
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Kuroi ame
1989 — a.k.a. Black Rain, in 6 top lists Check -
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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 -
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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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