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Asian
see all genres ›Most Western audiences knew little or nothing about cinema from the Far East until the arrival of Akira Kurosawa on international screens heralded a wave of Japanese classics in 1950s. Since then, nearly every corner of Asia has made its mark on world cinema, offering a rich regional array sprawling from popular martial arts and "extreme" horror opuses to stylized dramas and vérité-type realism.
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Genres / International / Asian
SUB-GENRES · Bhutanese · Cambodian · Chinese · Filipino · Hong Kong · Indian · Japanese · Nepalese · North Korean · Pakistani · South Korean · Taiwanese · Thai · Tibetan · Vietnamese
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Adela
Director Adolfo Alix Jr. crafts this neo-realistic drama concerning a former radio personality from Manila who now lives at the edge of the massive Bernardo dump site, yet manages to maintain a certain simple dignity despite the main disappointments in her life. Adela (Anita Linda) is a loving grandmother preparing to...Start your free trial to watch
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Adrift
Soon after her wedding, newlywed Duyen's excitement begins to fade as she realizes her young husband is not only sexually naïve but overly occupied by his job and doting mother. As her marriage goes unconsummated and her emotional isolation grows, she reaches out to her closest girlfriend, Cam, who secretly desires her, but...Start your free trial to watch
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All About Women
Hong Kong film maestro Tsui Hark is back on top form with this delightfully quirky romantic comedy. Drop dead gorgeous businesswoman Tang (Kitty Zhang), tomboyish rock singer Tie (Guey Lun Mei) and eccentric scientist Fanfan (Zhou Xun) cross paths and eventually come together to carry out their common mission to find Mr....Start your free trial to watch
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Along the Sungari River
In Manchuria, a village inn by a river is a regular stop for carters, so it's not surprising that the daughter of the innkeeper has a carter for a sweetheart. But all sweetness and tranquility is shattered by the invasion of the brutal Japanese in 1931. Quinnian and Sunnu end up as slaves in a coal mine,...Start your free trial to watch
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Amaya
Hong Kong: one week in one of the most exotic and picturesque cities of the world. The movie follows six characters whose lives are all connected in one way or another. The day of changes comes when Amaya (played by the world famous, multiple award winning Kaori Momoi) meets a charming Englishman, Paul. Their encounter...Start your free trial to watch
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An Orphan on the Streets
Three Hairs was the name of a popular comic character, a street urchin with a bald head save for three thin stalks sticking straight up towards the sky. After a night on the streets, Three Hairs looks for work wherever he can get it; he polishes shoes, picks garbage and even sells newspapers, but finally...Start your free trial to watch
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Aquatic
Watercolor animation and a vivid sound design make the liquid theme of this early Koji Yamamura short a tangible fact. Transformation is the one constant of AQUATIC: one fish multiplies into many and the orientation of the frame is thrown off balance by deceptive reflections. Yamamura plunges into something gorgeous with...Start your free trial to watch
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Aravani Girl
Sixteen-year-olds Palani and Karthik want to become "ladyboys." They’re bullied in school and beaten by their families. Their parents would like to see them grow up as normal boys but they’re falling deeper and deeper into the world of the "Aravanis." Loved as dance performers but hated as homosexuals, their stories emblazon...Start your free trial to watch
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Atomic Wounds
At 89, Doctor Hida, a survivor of the 1945 atomic bomb at Hiroshima, continues to care for some of the other quarter of a million survivors. Atomic Wounds retraces his dedicated journey and highlights how the terrible danger of radiation was concealed by successive American administrations in the 50's-70's so that nuclear...Start your free trial to watch
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Bar Paradise
Cheuk looks for a job at a bar run by a girl named Beauty. In the middle of his interview, he foils what he believes is a crime being committed. In return, he gets the job. Meanwhile, desperate for money to return home to Hong Kong, a gangster named Hai and his girlfriend, Su, also begin working for Beauty. Both Cheuk and Hai...Start your free trial to watch
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Battle Girl
A meteor lands in Japan and the fallout creates a “shield” around Tokyo, encasing the city in a foggy darkness. A state of martial law is declared. People are in a panic as violent crime and corruption spreads throughout the region and punk gangs are ruling the streets. As if things weren’t bad enough, a chemical reaction...Start your free trial to watch
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Bavel's Book
The imaginative possibilities of animation and reading are intertwined in this spirited Koji Yamamura short. Two kids find a dusty book on a park bench and soon become immersed in a "Robinson Crusoe"-like adventure. They’re in for a jolt, however, when their desert island starts swimming. Yamamura’s painted frames swell with...Start your free trial to watch
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Beast Stalker
Ace action director Dante Lam is in top form once again with this raw, nail-bitingly intense action thriller and with award-worthy emotional performances by Nicholas Tse and Nick Cheung. Tse is Tong, a take-no-prisoners police sergeant who accidentally kills a girl during his relentless pursuit of armed robber Cheung (Ho-man...Start your free trial to watch
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Before the Flood
A landmark documentary following the residents of the historic city of Fengjie as they clash with the officials forcing them to evacuate their homes to make way for the world’s largest dam. China’s Three Gorges Dam, the largest dam built on earth, has displaced millions of local residents whose towns and...Start your free trial to watch
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Before the Flood II
Yan Yu follows his groundbreaking documentary BEFORE THE FLOOD with this profile of the residents of Gongtan, a 1,700-year-old village soon to be demolished by a hydroelectric dam project. Gongtan, an historic village located on a tributary of the Yangtze, is about to be flooded by a dam project, forcing...Start your free trial to watch