# Asian cinema

By [nodoshan](https://paragraph.com/@nodoshan) · 2023-08-01

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refers to the [film industries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_industry) and [films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film) produced in the continent of [Asia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia). However, in countries like the [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States), it is often used to refer only to the cinema of [East Asia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asia), [Southeast Asia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia) and [South Asia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia). [West Asian cinema](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Asian_cinema) is sometimes classified as part of [Middle Eastern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_the_Middle_East) cinema, along with the [cinema of Egypt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Egypt). The [cinema of Central Asia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Central_Asia) is often grouped with the Middle East or, in the past, the [cinema of the Soviet Union](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_the_Soviet_Union) during the [Soviet Central Asia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Central_Asia) era. [North Asia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Asia) is dominated by [Siberian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberia) [Russian cinema](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Russia), and is thus considered part of [European cinema](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_cinema).

[East Asian cinema](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asian_cinema) is typified by the [cinema of Japan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Japan), [China](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_China), [Hong Kong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Hong_Kong), [Taiwan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Taiwan) and [South Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_South_Korea), including the Japanese [anime](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime) industry and [action films of Hong Kong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_action_cinema).[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Asia#cite_note-1) [South Asian cinema](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asian_cinema) is typified by the [cinema of India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_India), the [cinema of Pakistan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Pakistan), the [cinema of Bangladesh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Bangladesh), and the [cinema of Nepal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Nepal).

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