East Asian Films

What regions are East Asian?

This seems like a simple question, but trying to find consensus regarding this subject is more difficult than you might think.

I intend to add more lists to accurately reflect East Asian film, so I'd like your input. Explain why you think a particular region should be included and why.

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i have seen a few indian(india) movies that might be cool to add to the lists;a couple of them i just saw in the past 2 wks;They are called water  (2005) and fire  (1996);I also saw some pakistani(muslim) movies too;A few of these movies both indian and pakistani indians are also made in the uk

i have seen some vietnamese movies in the past that might also be a good addition to the list;some i have seen are: The Scent of the Green Papaya (1993) and Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000)

i have seen a few thai movies,a lot of them dealing with muay thai; a fave thai movie i have seen is called Beautiful Boxer (2003)

finally, i saw my first singapore movie a few wks ago called 15: The Movie (2003);a disturbing movie about lonely teens in gangs at singapore;theres a bit of singapore rap,pop,musical ,beautiful cinematography (especially at the opening scene),graphic scenes and frank talk and discussions about loneliness,friends,hardship,family life,  school life, suicide,and gangs;the kids look as if they are real street kids and not actors

For countries like singapore,etc, that does not really produce many subtitled movies in mainstream movie rentals like netflix and blockbuster ,you could just list them as others(or any better word/synonym you can think of)

adding more countries might lead to more discussion or maybe more distinct comparisons on the difference of types of films coming from the many  different asian countries;or at the very least adds variety or more culture to the lists

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There's an article about Asian Cinema on Wikipedia.  I'm not sure where the consenus for this list came, but it does give a list for what countries are supposedly considered part of East Asia in regards to film:

East Asian cinema is typified by the cinema of Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan Sri Lanka and Korea

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_cinema

Asian cinema refers to the film industries and films produced in the continent of Asia. More commonly however, it is used to refer to the cinema of Eastern, Southeastern, South Asia and Iran. The commonality of dharmic / Indic religion such as Buddhism and Hinduism as well as Indo-Iranian language and culture across these regions, the geographical proximity, and the ancient ties that these areas share leads to the broad classification of these areas into common terms like Asian cinema, Far Eastern Cinema, Oriental Cinema or Eastern cinema. Some times West Asians are thought of as Middle Eastern, and thus are not classified as Asian cinema, although Iran is often included.^[1][2][3][4] North Asia is dominated by Siberian Russia, and is thus considered European cinema. Central Asia is usually grouped with the Middle East.East Asian cinema is typified by the cinema of Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan Sri Lanka and Korea, including the Japanese anime industry and martial arts action films of Hong Kong. South Asian cinema is typified by the cinema of India and Sri Lanka, which contains many regional film industries, including Bollywood , whose output is the largest in the world in terms tickets sold. The world famous Asian Academy of Film & Television is also based in India. South East Asian cinema is typified by the cinema of Thailand and other South East Asian countries. Central Asian and Southern Caucasus Cinema is typified by Iran and Tajikistan. Finally, West Asian cinema is typified by Turkish cinema and Cinema of Israel.

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never knew all that info.and borders of distinguishing asian movies;guess, most of the movies i named belong to South Asian cinema (india,pakistan) and Southeast Asian cinema(thailand ,vietnam)

Thanks for that enlightening info.

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