Home›Landmark Works›Group›East Asian CinemaGroupEast Asian CinemaThis group collects the World and International Narrative Cinema subcategory's members whose primary country of origin is Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, North Korea or Mongolia, read from the member's own recorded Country fact or its description text. It spans the postwar Japanese masters, the Fifth and Sixth Generation Chinese directors, the Hong Kong New Wave, the Korean New Wave and Taiwanese art cinema, kept apart from this subcategory's Southeast Asian Cinema group by continental convention rather than any claim that the two traditions are unrelated.FactsEast Asian CinemaSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1909 1East Asian CinemaFilter Results53 entriesCollectionAllEast Asian Cinema (53)CreatorAllAkira Kurosawa (9)Alan Mak (1)Andrew Lau (1)Ang Lee (3)Bong Joon-ho (2)Chen Kaige (1)Diao Yinan (1)Edward Yang (1)Hirokazu Kore-eda (1)Hiroshi Teshigahara (1)Hou Hsiao-hsien (1)Kenji Mizoguchi (2)Lee Chang-dong (1)Nadine Labaki (1)Nagisa Ōshima (1)Nikita Mikhalkov (1)Park Chan-wook (2)Ryusuke Hamaguchi (1)Shōhei Imamura (1)Tadashi Imai (1)Takeshi Kitano (1)Teinosuke Kinugasa (1)Tsai Ming-liang (1)Wang Quan'an (1)Wong Kar-wai (2)Yasujiro Ozu (2)Yeon Sang-ho (1)Yōjirō Takita (1)Zhang Yimou 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SadnessEast Asian CinemaBâan: The Boundary of AdulthoodEast Asian CinemaBlack Coal, Thin IceEast Asian CinemaBurning (2018 film)East Asian CinemaBushido, Samurai SagaEast Asian CinemaCapernaum (2018 film)East Asian CinemaChungking ExpressEast Asian CinemaClose to EdenEast Asian CinemaCrouching Tiger, Hidden DragonEast Asian CinemaDepartures (2008 film)East Asian CinemaDrive My Car (2021 film)East Asian CinemaFarewell My ConcubineEast Asian CinemaGate of HellEast Asian CinemaHana-biEast Asian CinemaHero (2002 film)East Asian CinemaHigh and LowEast Asian CinemaIkiruEast Asian CinemaIn the Mood for LoveEast Asian CinemaIn the Realm of the SensesEast Asian CinemaInfernal AffairsEast Asian CinemaKagemushaEast Asian CinemaLate SpringEast Asian CinemaLust, CautionEast Asian CinemaMemories of MurderEast Asian CinemaNot One LessEast Asian CinemaOldboyEast Asian CinemaParasiteEast Asian CinemaPietàEast Asian CinemaRaise the Red LanternEast Asian CinemaRanEast Asian CinemaRashomonEast Asian CinemaRed SorghumEast Asian CinemaSansho the BailiffEast Asian CinemaSeven SamuraiEast Asian CinemaShoplifters (2018 film)East Asian CinemaStill LifeEast Asian CinemaStray DogEast Asian CinemaThe Ballad of Narayama (1983 film)East Asian CinemaThe HandmaidenEast Asian CinemaThe Hidden FortressEast Asian CinemaThe Story of Qiu JuEast Asian CinemaThe Wedding BanquetEast Asian CinemaThrone of BloodEast Asian CinemaTo Live (1994 film)East Asian CinemaTokyo StoryEast Asian CinemaTrain to BusanEast Asian CinemaTuya's MarriageEast Asian CinemaUgetsuEast Asian CinemaVerax (film)East Asian CinemaVive L'AmourEast Asian CinemaWoman in the DunesEast Asian CinemaYi YiEast Asian CinemaYojimboEast Asian CinemaSources1. WikipediaWikimedia FoundationWikipedia: Cinema of East Asia, lead sectionQuote, Wikipedia: Cinema of East Asia, lead sectionJapan, for example, had grown a vibrant film industry by the Roaring 20s, despite its first film production studio only opening in 1909.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.