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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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    Onibaba

    1964, in 13 top lists Check
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    Kaidan

    1964 — a.k.a. Kwaidan, in 13 top lists Check
  3. 182 -1

    Jisatsu sâkuru

    2001 — a.k.a. Suicide Club, in 2 top lists Check
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    Hulk

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
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    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
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    Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta

    1986 — a.k.a. Castle in the Sky, in 10 top lists Check
  7. 216 -1

    Ju-on

    2002 — a.k.a. Ju-on: The Grudge, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 258 -5

    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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    Tonari no Totoro

    1988 — a.k.a. My Neighbor Totoro, in 23 top lists Check
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    Batoru rowaiaru II: Chinkonka

    2003 — a.k.a. Battle Royale II, 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
  12. 259 -5

    Mononoke-hime

    1997 — a.k.a. Princess Mononoke, in 18 top lists Check
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    Ringu

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
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    Bend It Like Beckham

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Tuxedo

    2002, in 1 top list Check
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    Ying xiong

    2002 — a.k.a. Hero, in 6 top lists Check
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    Wo hu cang long

    2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 top lists Check
  18. 217 -1

    Honogurai mizu no soko kara

    2002 — a.k.a. Dark Water, in 3 top lists Check
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    1994 — a.k.a. Eat Drink Man Woman, in 4 top lists Check
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    2000 — a.k.a. Battle Royale, in 9 top lists Check
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    2004 — a.k.a. Howl's Moving Castle, in 18 top lists Check
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    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
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    1995, in 11 top lists Check
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    2001, in 8 top lists Check
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    1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check
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    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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    1972, in 1 top list Check
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    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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    2003, in 1 top list Check
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    3-4 x jûgatsu

    1990 — a.k.a. Boiling Point, in 2 top lists Check
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    36 Chowringhee Lane

    1981, in 1 top list Check
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    ABC Africa

    2001, in 1 top list Check
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    1930 — a.k.a. Abi and Rabi, in 1 top list Check
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    Adada

    1987, in 1 top list Check
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    1991 — a.k.a. The Stranger, in 6 top lists Check
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    Ageo

    1996 — a.k.a. Crocodile, in 1 top list Check
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    Ah Fei jing juen

    1990 — a.k.a. Days of Being Wild, in 11 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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    Ai qing wan sui

    1994 — a.k.a. Vive L'Amour, in 9 top lists Check
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    Ajantrik

    1958 — a.k.a. Pathetic Fallacy, in 5 top lists Check
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    Aje aje bara aje

    1989 — a.k.a. Come, Come, Come Upwards, in 1 top list Check
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    Akai hashi no shita no nurui mizu

    2001 — a.k.a. Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, in 1 top list Check
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    Akai kami no onna

    1979 — a.k.a. The Woman with Red Hair, in 1 top list Check
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    Akarui mirai

    2002 — a.k.a. Bright Future, in 3 top lists Check
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    Akasia

    2003 — a.k.a. Acacia, in 1 top list Check
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    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
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    Aku ingin menciummu sekali saja

    2002 — a.k.a. Bird-Man Tale, in 1 top list Check
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