269 Films & TV Shows Set In Asia During The 1980s
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Umrika
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1970s The 1980sWhen a young village boy discovers that his brother, long believed to be in America, has actually gone missing, he begins to invent letters on his behalf to save their mother from heartbreak, all the while searching for him.
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My Golden Days
๐ท๐บ Russia ๐น๐ฏ Tajikistan The 1980sPaul is preparing to leave Tajikistan, while thinking back on his adolescent years. His childhood, his mother's madness, the parties, the trip to the USSR where he lost his virginity, the friend who betrayed him and the love of his life.
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Initiation Love
Shizuoka Prefecture The 1980sSet in Shizuoka and Tokyo, Japan in the late 1980's. Takkun is a university student in Shizuoka attempting to find a job. Mayu is a dental hygienist. They meet through a blind date and begin to date, but Takkun finds a job in Tokyo and goes there. They begin a long distance relationship, but their relationship breaks down.
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The Magic Mountain
๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan The 1980sThe film investigates the adventures of mountain climber and photographer Adam J. Winkler, who fought in Afghanistan with the Mujahideen against the Soviets in the 1980s. The director employs a highly original artistic technique involving animated collage of period materials.
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Bravo 5
๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia The 1980sSet in 1989, five members of the Commando Army from the Special Force Regiment have been instructed to locate the whereabouts of guerilla communists, who are planning to obtain the strategic position of central Peninsular Malaysia. However, when the members lose contact with the rest of the army due to a broken communication set, the five of them will have to fight off an army of guerilla communists.
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Kohinoor
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1980sHaider plans to loot diamonds from the Kohinoor store and seeks Nicholas and Freddy's help. But Nicholas hires two small-time thieves, Louis and Aandikunju, so that he can claim the booty for himself.
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The Lion Standing in the Wind
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya Nagasaki Prefecture Miyagi Prefecture The 1970s The 1980s The 2010sKoichiro Shimada is sent to a research facility in Kenya, Africa by a teaching hospital in Japan. He encounters a desperate situation and decides to work there as a doctor, treating patients hurt in battles. He struggles with nurses and colleagues at the hospital. Koichiro Shimada then encounters a boy soldier severely wounded mentally. This changes Koichiro Shimadaโs fate.
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Mountain Cry
๐จ๐ณ China The 1980sA pained cry pierces the heart of a rustic mountain town in Larry Yangโs remarkable second feature Mountain Cry. When La Hong (Yu Ailei) dies in an accident involving an explosive badger trap, naรฏve Han Chong (Wang Ziyi) obeys village decree and takes the responsibility of caring for La Hongโs mute widow Hong Xia (Lang Yueting) and their children. But as they start to form an emotional bond, suspicions arise concerning La Hongโs death. A melodrama condemning intolerance, it is also a love story of remarkable credibility and emotional depth.
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Shah
๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan The 1980sAfter Every Fall, I Rise โ This film covers the story of this Legend's journey from homeless child in the streets of Layari,Karachi to become Olympian for his country PAKISTAN.
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Foxcatcher
Pennsylvania District of Columbia Florida ๐ซ๐ท France ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea The 1980s The 1990sBased on the shocking true story โ The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.
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Miss Lovely
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1980sDaring, Desirable, Dangerous โ A Hindi feature film set in the lower depths of Bombay's "C" grade film industry. Miss Lovely follows the devastating story of two brothers who produce sleazy horror films in the mid-1980s.
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Rosewater
England ๐ฎ๐ท Iran The 1980s The 2000sIn 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering Iran's volatile elections for Newsweek. One of the few reporters living in the country with access to US media, he made an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, in a taped interview with comedian Jason Jones. The interview was intended as satire, but if the Tehran authorities got the joke they didn't like it - and it would quickly came back to haunt Bahari when he was rousted from his family home and thrown into prison.
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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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Kaum De Heere
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1980sRaj Kakraโs debut Punjabi movie โKaum De Heereโ is based on life of Bhai Beant Singh and Satwant Singh, who had assassinated Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Raj Kakra has sought support of the Sikh nation for this movie.
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Hot Young Bloods
๐ฐ๐ท South Korea The 1980sTotally Energized โ A comedy romance movie about the last generation of youths and their passionate romance based in Hongseong, Chungcheong Namdo in the 1980s.
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Rummy
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1980sSakthi and Joseph, two college students, fall in love with girls from a family, which kills people to save their honour. Obviously, things are not going to end well.
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The Mule
๐น๐ญ Thailand Victoria The 1980sIt's what's inside that counts. โ In 1983, a naive man is detained by Australian Federal Police with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach. After being apprehended, โThe Muleโ makes a desperate choice... to defy his bodily functions and withhold the evidence โ literally.
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Autonagar Surya
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1980sSurya, a juvenile offender, completes his education in prison and upon release embarks on his dream project. However, he has to overcome numerous obstacles to turn his dream into a reality.
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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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A Prayer for Rain
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1980s30 years have passed. It's time to tell their story. โ Thirty years on from the 1984 Union Carbide plant malfunction, the consequences of which are tragically ongoing, A Prayer for Rain is the powerful and moving story of the Bhopal tragedy, one of the great corporate and environmental scandals of the last half-century. It dramatises the dependence of the local community on the chemical plant that will eventually cause catastrophe, and the series of oversights that led to an event that stands as a benchmark for corporate irresponsibility in the developing world.
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47 to 84: Hun Main Kisnu Watan Kahunga
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1980sA woman who witnessed the partition of India in 1947 experiences the riots of 1984.
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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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The Railway Man
๐ฒ๐ฒ Myanmar ๐น๐ญ Thailand The 1980s The 1940sRevenge is never a straight line. โ A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.
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Shootout at Wadala
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1980sThe first-ever registered encounter by the Mumbai Police, which took place on November 1, 1982.
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