Asian films on YouTube
These are mainly south Asian, east asian and south east asian films that I've watched recently. This list is not a comprehensive list by any means but will be updated.
Film, year, original language, director, subtitle languages. Bold titles are highly recommended.
Tampopo (ăżăłăă), 1985, Japanese, dir. Juzo Itami, English, Dutch, French and Japanese subtitles
Yi Yi, 2000, Taiwanese, dir. Edward Yang, French and English subtitles
Nomad (çç«éæ„), 1982, Cantonese, dir. Patrick Tam, English subtitles
The Scent of Green Papaya (MĂči Äu Äá»§ xanh), 1993, Vietnamese, dir. Tran Anh Hung, English
Tokyo Story (æ±äșŹç©èȘ), 1953, Japanese, dir. Yasujiro Ozu, English, German, French, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish subtitles [8 more Yasujiro Ozu films here]
Emotion, 1966, Japanese, dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi, English
Raise the Red Lantern (性çșąçŻçŹŒé«é«æ), 1991, Mandarin, dir. Zhang Yimou, English
Jodha Akbar, 2007, Hindi, dir. Ashutosh Gowarikar, no subtitles
Comrades: Almost a Love Story (çèè /tiĂĄn mĂŹ mĂŹ), 1996, Cantonese, dir. Peter Chan, English
Mughal-E-Azam, 1960, Hindi, dir. K. Asif, no subtitles
Eternal Summer (çć€ć ćčŽ), [divided into two parts I & II], 2006, Mandarin, dir. Leste Chen, English
Sholay, 1975, Hindi, dir. Ramesh Sippy, no subtitles
In The Mood For Love (è±æšŁćčŽèŻ), 2000, Cantonese, dir. Wong Kar Wai, English, French and Portuguese subtitles
Bazaar (à€Źà€Ÿà€à€Œà€Ÿà€°), 1982, Hindi, dir. Sagar Sarhadi, no subtitles
Umbartha (à€à€à€Źà€°à€ à€Ÿ), 1982, Marathi, dir. Jabbar Patel, no subtitles
Rent A Cat (ăŹăłăżăăł), 2012, Japanese, dir. Naoko Ogigami, Spanish subtitles
Goodbye South, Goodbye, 1996, Mandarin, dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien, English, Chinese & French subtitles
I Saw The Devil (ì ë§ë„Œ 볎ìë€), 2010, dir. Kim Jee-woon
Blind Shaft (çČäș) 2002, Mandarin, dir. Li Yang, Chinese subtitles
Yellow Earth (é»ćć°), 1984, Mandarin, dir. Chen Kaige, English subtitles
Little Forest, 2018, Korean, dir. Yim Soon-rye, English subs
Afterlife (ăŻăłăăă«ă©ă€ă), 1998, Japanese, dir. Hirokazu Koreeda, English subs
Some more films! Also please look these films up before you watch them a few of these have content that you may not be comfortable with.
Akira (ăąăă©), 1998, Japanese, dir. Katsuhiro Otomo, English dub
Lost and Found (ć€©æ¶Żæ”·è§), 1995, Cantonese, dir. Lee Chi-Ngai, English subs
To Live (掻è), 1994, Mandarin, dir. Zhang Yimou, English subs
Arrietty/ The Secret World of Arrietty, 2010, Japanese, dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi, English subs
Ju Dou (èè±), 1990, Mandarin, dir. Zhang Yimou, English subs
Red Sorghum (çŽ é«çȱ), 1987, Mandarin, dir. Zhang Yimou, English subs
Blue Spring (éăæ„), 2002, Japanese, dir. Toshiaki Toyoda, English subs
Cure (ăă„ăą), 1997, Japanese, dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, English subs
Perfect Blue, 1997, Japanese, dir. Satoshi Kon, English subs
The Isle (ìŹ), 2000, Korean, dir. Kim Ki-Duk, English subs
Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie, 1997, Korean, dir. Jang Sun-Woo, English subs
Looking for an Angel (ć€©äœżăźæ„œć), 1999, Japanese, dir. Akihiro Suzuki, English subs
Battle Royale (ăăă«ă»ăăŻă€ăąă«), 2000, Japanese, dir. Kinji Fukasaku, English subs (note: the vid quality isn't the best but it's still not that bad)


















