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| Film & Cinema of East Asia |
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| Most of the following films and
videos are streamed from the
Internet Archive
of motion pictures, a truly outstanding repository of film and other
digital objects. Since these films are streamed, you may
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Iron Fan 鐵扇公主 (Tieshan gongzhu / 1941) is China's first
feature length animated cartoon. In Mandarin but English language subtitles
can be
downloaded. Quality of this film is not the best (even
though
it has been tweaked extensively) |
 The
Conceited General 骄傲的将军 (Jiaoaode jiangjun / 1956). Pride,
conceit, and arrogance come before the fall ..... |
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 Nora
Inu 野良犬 (Stray Dog / 1949) is a classic film directed
by Akira Kuraswa 黒澤明and starring Toshirō Mifune.Set in Tokyo during
the late 1940's, the film captures the chaos and humiliation that
existed in Japan immediately after World War II. When detective
Murakami loses his revolver he must descend into Tokyo's underworld
and face the killer who has taken it. English subtitles.. |
 Ikiru
生きる (To Live / 1952). Discovering that he is in the terminal stages
of cancer, a government clerk spends his last months in search of a
meaning to life. Directed by Akira Kuraswa 黒澤明.
Subtitles in English. |
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Foreigners visit North Korea and have a rollicking good time.
A documentary -- not a feature film.
Friends of Kim. |
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 The
Crime of Korea (1950?) is a U.S. Army film with some
gruesome footage. Should not be dismissed as entirely an
instance of war propaganda. |
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一 節 五 分 鐘 的 錄 影 是 達 賴 喇 嘛 一 九 九 七 年 三 月 光 臨 台 灣 時 所 錄 的 。
A short film of not especially high quality of
the Dalai Lama's first trip to Taiwan
in 1997. |
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 Do
you like books? Are they your friends? This film, The Librarian, outlines
a career path for those with a positive approach to people and
books. |
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