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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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    1989 — a.k.a. Tetsuo, the Iron Man, in 10 top lists Check
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    2001 — a.k.a. Pulse, in 5 top lists Check
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    Ying xiong

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    1983, in 6 top lists Check
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    Gojira

    1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check
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    Ying hung boon sik

    1986 — a.k.a. A Better Tomorrow, in 10 top lists Check
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    2003, in 3 top lists Check
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    1998, in 3 top lists Check
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    2001, in 3 top lists Check
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    2000, in 3 top lists Check
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    Mou gaan dou

    2002 — a.k.a. Infernal Affairs, in 14 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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    Chung Hing sam lam

    1994 — a.k.a. Chungking Express, in 19 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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    Kurenai no buta

    1992 — a.k.a. Porco Rosso, in 3 top lists Check
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    Kôkaku Kidôtai

    1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, 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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    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
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    Tonari no Totoro

    1988 — a.k.a. My Neighbor Totoro, in 23 top lists Check
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    Mononoke-hime

    1997 — a.k.a. Princess Mononoke, in 18 top lists Check
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    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 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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    Hauru no ugoku shiro

    2004 — a.k.a. Howl's Moving Castle, in 18 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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    Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä

    1984 — a.k.a. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, in 10 top lists Check
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    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
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    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
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    10 on Ten

    2004, in 1 top list Check
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    15: The Movie

    2003, in 1 top list Check
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    1942: A Love Story

    1994, in 1 top list Check
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    1950nyeon 4shi

    1972, in 1 top list Check
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    2009 loseuteu maemorijeu

    2002 — a.k.a. 2009: Lost Memories, in 1 top list Check
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    2046

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
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    2LDK

    2003, in 1 top list Check
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