LUSCIOUS AT THE MOVIES: The best films set in Asia

Needing a dose of Asian cinema, or films set in Asia? Check out our top picks, in random order…

• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
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• In the Mood for Love (2000)
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• Lost in Translation (2003)
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• Spirited Away (2001)
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• Farewell My Concubine (1993)
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• Seven Samurai (1954)
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• Entrapment (1999)
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• Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
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• Infernal Affairs (2002)
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• Balibo (2009)
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• Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
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• Samsara (2001)
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• The Wedding Banquet (1993)
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• Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence (1983)
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• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
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• House of Flying Daggers (2004)
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• Skyfall (2012)
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• Tokyo Story (1953)
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• Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
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• Eat Pray Love (2010)
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• The King and I (1956)
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• To Live (1993)
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• Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
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• The Last Emperor (1987)
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• The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
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• Heaven & Earth (1993)
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• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
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• Life of Pi (2012)
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• Empire of the Sun (1987)
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• Gandhi (1982)
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• The Pillow Book (1996)
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• The Killing Fields (1984)
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• The Grandmaster (2014)
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• The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
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• Kundun (1997)
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• The Painted Veil (2006)
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• Platoon (1986)
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• Anna and the King (1999)
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• Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)
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• Indochine (1992)
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• The Quiet American (2002)
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• Chungking Express (1994)
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• The Railway Man (2013)
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