This book explores the range and dynamism of contemporary Asian cinemas, covering East Asia (China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan), Southeast Asia (Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia), South Asia (Bollywood), and West Asia (Iran), in order to discover what is common about them and to engender a theory or concept of "Asian Cinema". It goes beyond existing work which provides a field survey of Asian cinema, probing more deeply into the field of Asian Cinema, arguing that Asian Cinema constitutes a separate pedagogical subject, and putting forward an alternative cinematic paradigm.

Stephen Teo is Associate Professor in the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Introduction Part 1: Styles 1. Kurosawa and Classical Style in Asian Cinema 2. Satyajit Ray and the Indian Sensitivity of Affect 3. The Historical Blockbuster Style 4. The Abstract Transnational Style of Anime 5. Asian Horror and the Ghost-Story Style 6. The 'Bollywood' Style Part 2: Spaces 7. Space in Asian Melodrama 8. Iranian Cinema and Inward Space 9. Domestic Space and the Family in South Korean Cinema 10. Erotic Space in Asian Films Part 3: Theory 11. The World and Asian Cinema 12. Asian Cinema and Other Cinemas