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1. Sayonara (1957)
PG | 147 min | Drama, Romance
A US Air Force major in Kobe confronts his own opposition to marriages between American servicemen and Japanese women when he falls for a beautiful performer.
Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Ricardo Montalban, Patricia Owens, James Garner
Votes: 5,942 | Gross: $26.30M
2. The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)
105 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1856, the first U.S. Consul General to Japan encounters the hostility of the local authorities and the love of a young geisha.
Director: John Huston | Stars: John Wayne, Eiko Ando, Sam Jaffe, Sô Yamamura
Votes: 1,739
3. The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
126 min | Drama, Romance
A businessman moves to Hong Kong to pursue a career as an artist and falls in love with a prostitute he hires as a model.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: William Holden, Nancy Kwan, Sylvia Syms, Michael Wilding
Votes: 2,145 | Gross: $7.30M
4. Madama Butterfly (1975 TV Movie)
146 min | Drama, Music
A young Japanese geisha clings to the belief that her arrangement with a visiting American naval officer is a loving and permanent marriage.
Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle | Stars: Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, Robert Kerns
Votes: 100
5. Shogun (1980)
547 min | Adventure, Drama, History
An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan.
Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Shimada, Furankî Sakai
Votes: 11,231
6. Marco Polo (1982–1983)
504 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The life and experiences of the thirteenth century explorer, who sought to connect the civilizations of China and Europe through trade.
Stars: Ken Marshall, Denholm Elliott, Tony Vogel, David Warner
Votes: 1,047
7. Tai-Pan (1986)
127 min | Adventure
Historical fiction set against the backdrop of Hong Kong in its early years of British rule.
Director: Daryl Duke | Stars: Bryan Brown, Joan Chen, John Stanton, Tim Guinee
Votes: 1,543 | Gross: $4.01M
8. Come See the Paradise (1990)
138 min | Drama, Romance, War
The passionate romance between an Irish-American man and a Japanese-American woman is threatened when the Pearl Harbor attacks happen and the woman is forced into a prison camp because of her ethnicity.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Tamlyn Tomita, Sab Shimono, Shizuko Hoshi
Votes: 2,495 | Gross: $0.85M
9. Indochine (1992)
14A | 159 min | Drama, Romance, War
Eliane adopts Camille, whose Vietnamese parents were friends. In 1930, a French navy officer is interested in Eliane (owns 60km2 plantation) and later in Camille. There's an uprising in Vietnam against French colonial power.
Director: Régis Wargnier | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Linh Dan Pham, Jean Yanne
Votes: 9,069 | Gross: $5.73M
10. M. Butterfly (1993)
13+ | 101 min | Drama, Romance
In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling - but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa, Ian Richardson
Votes: 8,466 | Gross: $1.50M
11. Double Happiness (1994)
PG-13 | 87 min | Drama, Romance
Story of a young Chinese-Canadian woman caught between traditional and modern societies.
Director: Mina Shum | Stars: Sandra Oh, Stephen Chang, Alannah Ong, Donald Fong
Votes: 1,060 | Gross: $0.76M
12. Red Corner (1997)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An American attorney on business in China is wrongfully arrested and put on trial for murder, with a female defense lawyer from the country the only key to proving his innocence.
Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Richard Gere, Bai Ling, Bradley Whitford, Byron Mann
Votes: 15,850 | Gross: $22.42M
13. Chinese Box (1997)
R | 99 min | Drama, Romance
The story of Hong Kong, from New Year's Day to June 30th, 1997, when the British left their colony and turned it over to the People's Republic of China.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Li Gong, Chaplin Chang, Noel Rands
Votes: 3,064 | Gross: $2.20M
14. Volshebnyy portret (1997)
77 min | Family, Fantasy
Ivan went from snowy Suzdal to the Great Chinese Wall to find his beloved Soya Ching. He is going to overcome all the challenges in this fairytale. 1997
Director: Gennadiy Vasilev | Stars: Sergey Shnyryov, Li Gao, Valentina Telichkina, Andrey Martynov
Votes: 51
15. Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
14A | 127 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A Japanese-American fisherman is accused of killing his neighbor at sea. In the 1950s, race figures into the trial. So does reporter Ishmael.
Director: Scott Hicks | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Max von Sydow, Yûki Kudô, Reeve Carney
Votes: 13,523 | Gross: $14.38M
16. Cypher (2002)
PG | 95 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An unsuspecting, disenchanted man finds himself working as a spy in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. Quickly getting way over-his-head, he teams up with a mysterious femme fatale.
Director: Vincenzo Natali | Stars: Jeremy Northam, Lucy Liu, Nigel Bennett, Timothy Webber
Votes: 29,772
17. The Quiet American (2002)
PG | 101 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
An old British reporter vies with a young U.S. doctor for the affections of a beautiful Vietnamese woman.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Thi Hai Yen Do, Rade Serbedzija
Votes: 26,898 | Gross: $12.99M
18. Silk (2007)
14A | 107 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a married silkworm merchant-turned-smuggler in 19th century France traveling to Japan for his town's supply of silkworms after a disease wipes out their African supply. During his stay in Japan, he becomes obsessed with the concubine of a local baron.
Director: François Girard | Stars: Michael Pitt, Keira Knightley, Kôji Yakusho, Sei Ashina
Votes: 10,837 | Gross: $1.10M
19. Marco Polo (2007 TV Movie)
165 min | Adventure, Drama
The series follows the adventures and discoveries of the Venetian, Marco Polo.
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Ian Somerhalder, BD Wong, Desiree Siahaan, Brian Dennehy
Votes: 1,382
20. Dârin wa gaikokujin (2010)
100 min | Comedy
Set in the Tokyo area, an aspiring Japanese manga writer has a relationship with an American. They live together and they are happy but there is a problem with the relationship. The heroine must do something to heal the rift.
Director: Kazuaki Ue | Stars: Mao Inoue, Jonathan Sherr, Ryôko Kuninaka, Naho Toda
Votes: 443
21. My Wedding and Other Secrets (2011)
85 min | Romance
The contemporary story of Chinese New Zealand-born over-achiever Emily Chu, raised to believe she can get anything she puts her mind to. Even if 'anything' is at odds with her traditional ... See full summary »
Director: Roseanne Liang | Stars: Michelle Ang, Matt Whelan, Johnny Barker, Pei-Pei Cheng
Votes: 259
22. Careless Love (2012)
105 min | Drama
CARELESS LOVE tells the story of Linh, a Vietnamese Australian university student who secretly starts part-time work as an escort. She develops a close rapport with one of her clients, an ... See full summary »
Director: John Duigan | Stars: Nammi Le, Penny McNamee, Ivy Mak, David Field
Votes: 473
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