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Why I Love East Asian Cinema

An ever-expanding list of noteworthy live action East Asian films (including documentaries) that I both deeply appreciate and strongly recommend. Sorted by release date.

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  • Red Heroine
  • The Neighbour's Wife and Mine
  • New Women
  • Fighting Soldiers
  • The Ball at the Anjo House
  • Temptation
  • A Woman in the Typhoon Area
  • Late Spring
  • White Beast
  • Wedding Ring
  • The Munekata Sisters
  • Rashomon
  • The Idiot
  • Early Summer
  • The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
  • Ugetsu
  • Sound of the Mountain
  • Sansho the Bailiff
  • Woman of Rumor
  • The Crucified Lovers
  • Forever a Woman
  • Flowing
  • Throne of Blood
  • Untamed Woman
  • The Ballad of Narayama
  • The Ghost of Yotsuya
  • When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
  • The Lost Alibi
  • Daughters, Wives and a Mother
  • The Bad Sleep Well
  • The Housemaid
  • A Wife Confesses
  • Happiness of Us Alone
  • The Other Woman
  • The Wiser Age
  • The Inheritance
  • A Wanderer's Notebook
  • An Autumn Afternoon
  • Black Lizard
  • An Actor's Revenge
  • High and Low
  • Yearning
  • Woman in the Dunes
  • The Scent of Incense
  • The Scarlet Camellia
  • Red Beard
  • Moment of Terror
  • The Face of Another
  • Two in the Shadow
  • Two Wives
  • Devil's Temple
  • Funeral Parade of Roses
  • Demons
  • Lady Snowblood
  • Sandakan No. 8
  • Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
  • Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute
  • Lonely Fifteen
  • The Lady Is the Boss
  • Mermaid Legend
  • Bumpkin Soup
  • Deep Blue Night
  • Ran
  • Rouge
  • Iron Angels
  • The Inspector Wears Skirts
  • School on Fire
  • Raise the Red Lantern
  • Angel Terminators 2
  • Farewell My Concubine
  • Flirting Scholar
  • Wing Chun
  • To Live
  • Without Memory
  • Keep Cool
  • Bounce Ko Gals
  • Cure
  • The Quiet Family
  • The Foul King
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • In the Mood for Love
  • Joint Security Area
  • Battle Royale
  • Happy Times
  • Shaolin Soccer
  • Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
  • Hero
  • Oasis
  • Infernal Affairs
  • A Tale of Two Sisters
  • Oldboy
  • Kung Fu Hustle
  • Nobody Knows
  • House of Flying Daggers
  • Dumplings
  • 3-Iron
  • This Charming Girl
  • Lady Vengeance
  • Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
  • King and the Clown