234 Films & TV Shows Set In Asia During The 1970s
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Champion of the World
🇷🇺 Russia The 1970sSome sporting victories are about more than just claiming a title. Some of them go down in history. The film follows the most dramatic and legendary showdown in the history of chess – the match between Anatoly Karpov, then world champion, and Viktor Korchnoi, a recent emigrant from the USSR. In this battle between two outstanding chess players, a duel of personalities under immense psychological pressure, the stakes are incomprehensibly high.
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Funny Boy
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka The 1970s The 1980sLove was an act of war. — A student must navigate issues of sexuality, identity and family amid Sri Lanka's social turmoil of the 1970s and 1980s.
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Sarpatta Parambarai
🇮🇳 India The 1970s The 1980sA young man from the Black Town of 1970’s segregated Madras finds himself with the opportunity to redeem his boxing clan and himself from years of defeat. Can he do it? Will he be allowed to?
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Once Upon a Time in Hong Kong
🇭🇰 Hong Kong The 1970sThe story tells the story of a collusion between Hong Kong police and criminals in 1973, under the instigation of the British, they embezzled huge profits and poisoned the citizens. The Governor of Hong Kong established the Independent Commission Against Corruption
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Minamata
Kumamoto Prefecture The 1970sLet truth be the prejudice. — War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.
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The Man Standing Next
🇫🇷 France 🇰🇷 South Korea The 1970sLoyalty. Betrayal. Execution. — In the 1970s, Korea is under the absolute control of the President Park, who controls the KCIA, the organization with an edge over any branch of government. The director of KCIA, KIM Gyu-pyeong, is the seemingly most prospective second-in-command. In the midst of reign of fear, a former KCIA director, PARK Yong-gak who knows all about the government’s obscure operations, exiles to the U.S. where the investigation of ‘Koreagate’ is underway. As the tension escalates, the stifling political maneuvering by the all second-in-command’s unfolds.
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The Diam Diam Era
🇸🇬 Singapore The 1970s The 1980sThe story of the Lim family from Long Long Time Ago 《我们的故事》continues in this two-part film series. Conflict grows between Ah Kun and his nephew Shun Fa. Themes of a generation gap between those born in the 1950s and the following generation are explored in their varying reactions to nation-building policies implemented from the 1980s to the present day.
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Shukranu
🇮🇳 India The 1970sSet in Delhi/UP/Haryana, SHUKRANU is a comic take on the darkest phases of Indian democracy through the encounters of a would-be groom who is forcefully sterilized just days before his much-awaited marriage.
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Palasa 1978
🇮🇳 India The 1970sMohan Rao and his elder brother face Pedda Shavukar and Chinna Shavukar, a political battle where low caste fights the high caste power.
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Zeroville
California 🇵🇭 Philippines The 1970s The 1980s The 1960sSex, cinema and punk rock. 1969 — A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.
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Avengers: Endgame
New York New Jersey California 🇳🇴 Norway Tokyo Prefecture Africa - General The 1970s The 1940s The 2010s The 2020s The 2000sPart of the journey is the end. — After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.
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Funan
🇰🇭 Cambodia The 1970sCambodia, April 1975 — Cambodia, once the ancient kingdom of Funan, April 17th, 1975. The entire country falls under the tyranny of Angkar, the communist party of the Khmer Rouge. The cities are abandoned, the population is thrown to the roads and forced to walk towards an uncertain future…
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Sonchiriya
🇮🇳 India The 1970sSet in the Chambal valley, the film follows the story of a legion of dreaded, warring dacoits who once terrorized the Indian heartlands.
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N.T.R: Kathanayakudu
🇮🇳 India The 1960s The 1970s The 1940sBased on the journey of the legendary Telugu actor, filmmaker and ex-Chief Minister Late Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri.
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Bharat
🇮🇳 India The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 1960s The 2010sAt the cusp of India's birth as an Independent nation, a family makes an arduous journey to freedom at a cost. A young boy Bharat, makes a promise to his Father that he will keep his family together no matter what.
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Romeo Akbar Walter
🇮🇳 India 🇵🇰 Pakistan The 1970sOur Hero. Their Spy. — Prior to the India-Pakistan war of 1971, the RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) trains an Indian banker in espionage and martial arts, and sends him to Pakistan for an undercover operation where he finds himself sinking between emotions and violence.
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George Reddy
🇮🇳 India The 1960s The 1970sGeorge Reddy is a biopic based on the life of a student leader, boxer and Gold medalist, who influenced the politics of Andhra Pradesh state in Osmania University between 1967 and 1972. He is often remembered for inspiring revolutionary thoughts until he was brutally murdered at his hostel in 1972.
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Beirut
🇱🇧 Lebanon The 1970s The 1980sBeirut, 1982: The Paris of the Middle East Was Burning — In 1980s Beirut, Mason Skiles is a former U.S. diplomat who is called back into service to save a colleague from the group that is possibly responsible for his own family's death. Meanwhile, a CIA field agent who is working under cover at the American embassy is tasked with keeping Mason alive and ensuring that the mission is a success.
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7 Days in Entebbe
🇮🇱 Israel 🇺🇬 Uganda The 1970s248 passengers were held hostage. For seven days, the world was held captive. — In 1976, four hijackers take over an Air France airplane en route from Tel Aviv to Paris and force it to land in Entebbe, Uganda. With 248 passengers on board, one of the most daring rescue missions ever is set in motion.
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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
England 🇫🇷 France 🇬🇷 Greece Tokyo Prefecture The 1970s The 1980s The 2010sDiscover how it all began. — Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each could be Sophie’s biological father.
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Mahanati
🇮🇳 India The 1970s The 1980s The 1960s The 1950sCome Be A Part of History — Mahanati depicts the life and career of one of Telugu cinema's greatest and most iconic starlets, the first Indian female super star, Savitri.
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The Angel
🇪🇬 Egypt The 1970sTrue story of Ashraf Marwan, who was President Nasser's son-in-law and special adviser and confidant to his successor Anwar Sadat - while simultaneously Israeli Intelligence's most precious asset of the 20th century. Based on NYT bestselling book 'The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel' by Uri Bar-Joseph.
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Sakura Guardian in the North
Hokkaido Prefecture The 1940s The 1970sThe film follows the relationship between a mother and her son. In 1945, the mother played by Sayuri Yoshinaga fled with her two sons from the Russians to Hokkaido. In 1972, her son played by Masato Sakai returns to Japan after finding success in the U.S.
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The Drug King
🇰🇷 South Korea The 1970sHe who was a criminal and a patriot — Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually takes over the drug underworld and starts to lead a double life: a good community leader during the day but an infamous drug lord during the night.
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Hasina A Daughter's Tale
🇧🇩 Bangladesh The 1970sThe film covers the assassination of Hasina's father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with most of her family member in 1975.
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