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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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  1. 381 -3

    Xiao quan guai zhao

    1979 — a.k.a. The Fearless Hyena, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 257 new

    Kaubôi bibappu

    1998 — a.k.a. Cowboy Bebop, in 1 top list Check
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    Ging chaat goo si juk jaap

    1988 — a.k.a. Police Story 2, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 379 -3

    Ging chaat goo si

    1985 — a.k.a. Police Story, in 10 top lists Check
  5. 383 -3

    Fei ying gai wak

    1991 — a.k.a. Armour of God 2: Operation Condor, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 388 -3

    Rush Hour 3

    2007, in 3 top lists Check
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    Batoru rowaiaru

    2000 — a.k.a. Battle Royale, in 9 top lists Check
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    Rush Hour 2

    2001, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 386 -3

    Rush Hour

    1998, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 265 -5

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
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    Dung che sai duk

    1994 — a.k.a. Ashes of Time, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 384 -3

    Hung fan kui

    1995 — a.k.a. Rumble in the Bronx, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 356 -3

    Bend It Like Beckham

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 256 -4

    Paprika

    2006, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 234 -1

    Dare mo shiranai

    2004 — a.k.a. Nobody Knows, in 8 top lists Check
  16. 335 -3

    Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

    2001, in 8 top lists Check
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    Shiqi sui de dan che

    2001 — a.k.a. Beijing Bicycle, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 210 -1

    Kikujirô no natsu

    1999 — a.k.a. Kikujiro, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 672 -3

    Sense and Sensibility

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  20. 262 -5

    Kurenai no buta

    1992 — a.k.a. Porco Rosso, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 255 -4

    Tôkyô goddofâzâzu

    2003 — a.k.a. Tokyo Godfathers, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 254 -4

    Sennen joyû

    2001 — a.k.a. Millennium Actress, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 264 -5

    Hauru no ugoku shiro

    2004 — a.k.a. Howl's Moving Castle, in 18 top lists Check
  24. 260 -5

    Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta

    1986 — a.k.a. Castle in the Sky, in 10 top lists Check
  25. 258 -5

    Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä

    1984 — a.k.a. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, in 10 top lists Check
  26. 261 -5

    Tonari no Totoro

    1988 — a.k.a. My Neighbor Totoro, in 23 top lists Check
  27. 259 -5

    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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    Hachigatsu no rapusodî

    1991 — a.k.a. Rhapsody in August, in 3 top lists Check
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    Yume

    1990 — a.k.a. Dreams, in 6 top lists Check
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    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
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    Dersu Uzala

    1975, in 11 top lists Check
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    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
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    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
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    Kakushi-toride no san-akunin

    1958 — a.k.a. The Hidden Fortress, in 9 top lists Check
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    Kumonosu-jô

    1957 — a.k.a. Throne of Blood, in 16 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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    Rashômon

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

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

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
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    Wo hu cang long

    2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 top lists Check
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    Shanghai Noon

    2000, in 1 top list Check
  43. 431 -3

    Siu Lam juk kau

    2001 — a.k.a. Shaolin Soccer, in 5 top lists Check
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    Mission: Impossible II

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
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    Da hong denglong gaogao gua

    1991 — a.k.a. Raise the Red Lantern, in 21 top lists Check
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    Huo zhe

    1994 — a.k.a. To Live, in 7 top lists Check
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    Wo de fu qin mu qin

    1999 — a.k.a. The Road Home, in 2 top lists Check
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    Ying xiong

    2002 — a.k.a. Hero, in 6 top lists Check
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    Shi mian mai fu

    2004 — a.k.a. House of Flying Daggers, in 5 top lists Check
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    Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia

    2006 — a.k.a. Curse of the Golden Flower, in 2 top lists Check
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