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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Arirang
1926, in 2 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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Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
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Sanda Wong
1955, in 2 top lists Check -
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Kala Bazar
1960 — a.k.a. The Black Market, in 1 top list Check -
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Noli me tángere
1961, in 2 top lists Check -
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Dumanganga jal itgeola
1962, in 1 top list Check -
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Seppuku
1962 — a.k.a. Hara-Kiri, in 16 top lists Check -
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Yajû no seishun
1963 — a.k.a. Youth of the Beast, in 3 top lists Check -
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Tôkyô nagaremono
1966 — a.k.a. Tokyo Drifter, in 6 top lists Check -
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Koroshi no rakuin
1967 — a.k.a. Branded to Kill, in 8 top lists Check -
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Long men kezhan
1967 — a.k.a. Dragon Inn, in 8 top lists Check -
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Wonjeom
1967 — a.k.a. Starting Point, in 1 top list Check -
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Cheonnyeon ho
1969, in 1 top list Check -
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Tang shan da xiong
1971 — a.k.a. The Big Boss, in 4 top lists Check -
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Gendai yakuza: hito-kiri yota
1972 — a.k.a. Street Mobster, in 1 top list Check -
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Jing wu men
1972 — a.k.a. Fist of Fury, in 8 top lists Check -
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Meng long guo jiang
1972 — a.k.a. The Way of the Dragon, in 7 top lists Check -
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Tenshi no kôkotsu
1972 — a.k.a. Ecstasy of the Angels, in 1 top list Check -
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Tian xia di yi quan
1972 — a.k.a. Five Fingers of Death, in 4 top lists Check -
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Enter the Dragon
1973, in 14 top lists Check -
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Ying chun ge zhi Fengbo
1973 — a.k.a. The Fate of Lee Khan, in 2 top lists Check -
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Zanjeer
1973 — a.k.a. The Chain, in 2 top lists Check -
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Jingi no hakaba
1975 — a.k.a. Graveyard of Honor, in 2 top lists Check -
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Sholay
1975 — a.k.a. Embers, in 11 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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Du bi quan wang da po xue di zi
1976 — a.k.a. Master of the Flying Guillotine, in 3 top lists Check -
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Amar Akbar Anthony
1977 — a.k.a. Amar, Akbar and Anthony, in 4 top lists Check -
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Mivtsa Yonatan
1977 — a.k.a. Entebbe: Operation Thunderbolt, in 2 top lists Check -
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Don
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Game of Death
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Jui kuen
1978 — a.k.a. Drunken Master, in 9 top lists Check -
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Se ying diu sau
1978 — a.k.a. Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, in 2 top lists Check -
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Shao Lin san shi liu fang
1978 — a.k.a. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, in 8 top lists Check -
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Dip bin
1979 — a.k.a. The Butterfly Murders, in 3 top lists Check -
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Xiao quan guai zhao
1979 — a.k.a. The Fearless Hyena, in 2 top lists Check -
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Kuruizaki sanda rodo
1980 — a.k.a. Crazy Thunder Road, in 3 top lists Check -
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Bakuretsu toshi
1982 — a.k.a. Burst City, in 2 top lists Check -
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'A' gai wak
1983 — a.k.a. Project A, in 4 top lists Check -
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Shu Shan - Xin Shu shan jian ke
1983 — a.k.a. Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain, in 5 top lists Check -
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Ging chaat goo si
1985 — a.k.a. Police Story, in 10 top lists Check -
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Pulgasari
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Ran
1985, in 25 top lists Check -
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Do ma daan
1986 — a.k.a. Peking Opera Blues, in 5 top lists Check -
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Lung hing foo dai
1986 — a.k.a. Armour of God, in 3 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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Shu jian en chou lu
1987 — a.k.a. The Romance of Book and Sword, in 1 top list Check -
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Akira
1988, in 22 top lists Check -
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Ging chaat goo si juk jaap
1988 — a.k.a. Police Story 2, in 6 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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