234 Films & TV Shows Set In Asia During The 1970s
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X-Men: Days of Future Past
New York ๐ซ๐ท France ๐ท๐บ Russia ๐จ๐ณ China ๐ป๐ณ Vietnam The 1970s The 2020sTo save the future, they must alter the past โ The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past โ to save our future.
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Get on Up
Georgia New York Massachusetts ๐ป๐ณ Vietnam ๐ซ๐ท France The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 1960s The 1950s The 1940s The 1930sThe Funk Don't Quit โ A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
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Gunday
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1970sThe lives of Calcutta's most powerful Gunday - Bikram and Bala, changes when Nandita enters it. Then a counter-force takes charge and a thriller unfolds.
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Red Army
๐ท๐บ Russia Michigan The 1970s The 1980s The 1990sCold War On Ice โ A documentary highlighting the Soviet Union's legendary and enigmatic hockey training culture and world-dominating team through the eyes of the team's Captain Slava Fetisov, following his shift from hockey star and celebrated national hero to political enemy.
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From What Is Before
๐ต๐ญ Philippines The 1970sFrom the Latin phrase โa prioriโ, used in Western philosophy as knowledge independent of all particular experiences, an argument/justification on the essentiality of truth that is easily gleaned even without empirical evidence. โ The Philippines, 1972. Mysterious things are happening in a remote barrio. Wails are heard from the forest, cows are hacked to death, a man is found bleeding to death at the crossroad and houses are burned. Ferdinand E. Marcos announces Proclamation No. 1081 putting the entire country under Martial Law.
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Paradise in Service
๐น๐ผ Taiwan The 1970s The 1960sSet in the island Kinmen, often seen as the most dangerous military base because itโs geographically close to China, "Paradise in Service" follows the adventure of a boy who serves his military service in Unit 831 from 1969 to 1972, in preparation for a war that could erupt anytime. Through an unlucky lottery draw result, Pao, a twenty-something young man from Southern Taiwan has to serve the military in the remote and perilous Kinmen. Moreover, he is assigned to the Sea Dragon (ARB), a unit noted for the toughest physical training. It never occurs to Pao, however, that the greatest challenge in his military service lies not in the Sea Dragon but in Unit 831, a special task he is later appointed toโฆ In this peculiar assignment, Pao vows to keep his virginity against all odds.
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Shongram
๐ง๐ฉ Bangladesh England ๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1970sShongram (struggle) is a romantic drama set during the 1971 liberation struggle of Bangladesh. A British Bengali on his death bed is interviewed by a daring London reporter, where four decades later, Karim is able to recall and finally share his past. We are transported to 1971, when Bangladesh was still East Pakistan and a young Karim (a Muslim) is in love with a beautiful Asha (a Hindu). The peaceful village life is suddenly interrupted by war and Karim must grow up fast to survive in an era where mass killings and abduction was common. He must also carry out his duty and revenge before he can finally search for Asha.
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Number 10 Blues Goodbye Saigon
๐ป๐ณ Vietnam The 1970sDespite the signing of the Paris Peace Accords and the withdrawal of 540,000 U.S. troops in 1973, the America government kept funding South Vietnamese forces and their war against North Vietnam and Viet Cong spread across the country. Against this backdrop, Japanese businessman Toshio Sugimoto (Yusuke Kawazu) enjoys a leisurely existence, buying seafood in the relatively safe climate of Saigon. After accidentally killing a Vietnamese, his entire existence falls apart. Suddenly stripped of all privileges โ from no. 1 to no. 10 โ as well as having to put order in his love affair with the beautiful club singer Lan (Lan Tanh) and falling into the Saigon underworld, one mistake at a time, Sugimoto goes into hiding. But soon, hiding isnโt enough. He must flee across a war-torn Vietnam, taking his lover Lan and newfound ally Taro (Kenji Isomura), son of an ex-Japanese soldier and a Vietnamese woman, along for the bumpy ride.
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Arrows Of The Thunder Dragon
๐ง๐น Bhutan The 1970sSet in the 1970s, the story follows brother and sister Kuenphen and Jamyang where in a remote Bhutanese village, they learn traditional archery from their old warrior grandfather. Their mothers sudden sickness gives Kuenphen the opportunity to explore the world outside the village, while sister Jamyang must stay home to weave, cook and get married. Filmed entirely on location in the breathtaking Himalaya mountains, the actors are made up of local highland village people. The 'ordinary' current traditional medieval life in tiny isolated Bhutan is fascinating and anything but ordinary from a modern western point of view.
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Rush
New York England ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands ๐ช๐ธ Spain ๐ฆ๐น Austria ๐ฎ๐น Italy ๐ฉ๐ช Germany ๐ฏ๐ต Japan ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa ๐ง๐ท Brazil The 1970sEveryone's driven by something. โ A biographical drama centered on the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One motor-racing season.
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Jobs
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 2000sSome see what's possible, others change what's possible. โ The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
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David
๐ฎ๐ณ India England The 1970s The 1990s The 2010sThree lives, three destinies, one name โ The story is about two Davids living in different parts of India whose lives eventually come together in a twist of events., who are about to take a step which is going to change their lives forever.
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I Love Hong Kong 2013
๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong The 1970sEric Tsang and stars are back with another entry into the "I Love Hong Kong" franchise this Chinese New Year with a story that is set in the 1970s, a decade of economic growth and prosperity for Hong Kong and the citizens.
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Legend No. 17
๐ท๐บ Russia Quebec ๐ช๐ธ Spain Hokkaido Prefecture The 1970s The 1960s The 1950sBiopic of Russian ice hockey legend Valeri Kharlamov from early childhood, rising to the pinnacle of the sport and his untimely death
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The Missing Picture
๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodia The 1970sRithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979.
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Ah Boys To Men (Part 2)
๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore The 1970s The 2010sKen is quick to adopt a change in personality by becoming an "on-the-ball" recruit, even more so than "Wayang King" Aloysius. Differing viewpoints sour the friendship between Ken and Lobang. Meanwhile, Ken's father has become partially paralyzed because of his stroke but is determined to make a recovery. After booking out, Aloysius seeks advice from his parents as he feels excluded from the group; his father (Chen Tianwen) tells him the best solution is not to do anything. Back at Tekong, Recruit IP Man learns about "Real Bullet" Zhen Zidan (Benjamin Mok), an "Ah Beng" who stole his girlfriend Mayoki (Sherraine Low). IP Man hits back by criticizing Mayoki for her inferior qualities.
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Love in Bombay
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1970sLove in Bombay (also marketed under the title Love in Mumbai) is a Hindi film produced and directed by Joy Mukherjee. The film was originally made in 1971 and starred Waheeda Rehman, Sonia Sahni, Rehman, Kishore Kumar, and Ashok Kumar. The film was not released and was discovered by Mukherjee's son after his death in March 9, 2013. But it has released on August 2, 2013, that is,42 years after it was made.
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For Love's Sake
๐ฏ๐ต Japan The 1970s The 1960sFor Love's Sake is a faith-based drama based on a true story. After the tragic death of her husband, Mary Walker falls into a spiral of suicidal depression and subsequently loses custody of her two boys. Through the intervention of her church community and a caring therapist, Mary regains her faith, experiences emotional healing, and finds the strength to fight a skeptical bureaucracy for custody of her children.
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Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States: Specials
๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq ๐บ๐ธ United States of America ๐ป๐ณ Vietnam The 1940s The 1950s The 1960s The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 2000sOliver Stone's re-examination of under-reported events in American history.
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Argo
๐ฎ๐ท Iran Virginia District of Columbia California ๐น๐ท Turkey The 1970s The 1980sThe movie was fake. The mission was real. โ As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
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Cloud Atlas
California Hawaii Scotland England ๐ง๐ช Belgium ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand The 1970s The 1930s The 2010s The 1840sEverything is Connected โ A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.
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My Way
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt ๐ซ๐ท France The 1970s The 1960sA biopic of French pop star Claude Francois, most famous for co-writing the song 'My Way'. Tracing his life from his childhood in Egypt through his success in France to his untimely death in Paris in 1978.
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Life of Pi
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico Quebec ๐ฎ๐ณ India Pacific Ocean The 1970sBelieve The Unbelievable โ The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
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Rhino Season
๐ฎ๐ท Iran The 1970sKurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a thirty-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought of finding his wife, who thinks he's been dead for over twenty years.
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Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 1960s The 1950s The 1940sTERI KEH KE LUNGA ! โ Shahid Khan is exiled after impersonating the legendary Sultana Daku in order to rob British trains. Now outcast, Shahid becomes a worker at Ramadhir Singh's colliery, only to spur a revenge battle that passes on to generations. At the turn of the decade, Shahid's son, the philandering Sardar Khan vows to get his father's honor back, becoming the most feared man of Wasseypur.
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