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SCAdian MOVIES! Asian and "Arabian"

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Though the SCA is focused on Medieval European culture and society, Asian culture does leak in. Many SCAdians take on Asian personas and many elements of certain Asian cultures correspond to certain SCAdian interests (ie, sword combat, Japanese Bushido, etc.).

Here are the following categories:
"Arabian"
Chinese/Mongolian
Japanese
Other Asian

• "ARABIAN"
  • Ali Baba and the Forty Theives ('44 Arthur Lubin. Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Scotty Beckett, Turhan Bey, Kurt Katch)
  • Ali Baba Goes to Town ('37 David Butler. Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, Roland Young, June Lang, John Carradine, Gypsy Rose Lee, Shirley Temple, Tyrone Power)
  • + An Arabian Adventure ('79 Kevin Connor. Christopher Lee, Milo O'Shea, Pneet Sira, Oliver Tobias, Emma Samms, Peter Cushing, Mickey Rooney)
  • + Arabia Knight (Animated '95 Richard Williams. Vincent Price, Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Beals, Eric Bogosian, Toni Collette, Jonathan Winters)
  • Arabian Nights ('42 John Rawlins. Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Sabu, Leif Ericson, Turhan Bey, Billy Gilbert, Shemp Howard)
  • Arabian Nights ('74 Pier Paolo Pasolini. Ninetto Davoli, Ines Pellegrini, Franco Citti, Tessa Bouche, Margarethe Clementi, Franco Merli)
  • Bagdad ('49 Charles Lamont. Maureen O'Hara, Paul Christian, Vincent Price, John Sutton)
  • Captain Sindbad ('63 Byron Haskin. Guy Williams, Heidi Bruhl, Pedro Armendariz, Abraham Sofaer)
  • The Desert Hawk ('50 Frederick De Cordova. Yvonne De Carlo, Richard Greene, Jackie Gleason, George Macready, Rock Hudson, Carl Esmond, Joe Besser, Ann Pearce)
  • The Golden Blade ('53 Nathan Juran. Rock Hudson, Piper Laurie, Gene Evans, George Macready, Kathleen Hughes, Steven Geray)
  • The Golden Voyage of Sinbad ('74 Gordon Hessler. John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro, Tom Baker, Douglas Wilmer, Gregoire Aslan, John Garfield Jr.)
  • Kismet ('20)
  • Kismet ('30)
  • Kismet (Oriental Dream, '44 Ronald Coleman, Marlene Dietrich)
  • + Kismet ('55 Howard Keel, musical)
  • Mohammad, Messenger of God (Arabic, '77 Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas)
  • Prisoners of the Casbah ('53 Gloria Grahame, Turhan Bey, Cesar Romero)
  • The Return of Jafar ('94 Disney)
  • The 7th Voyage of Sinbad ('58 Kerwin Matthews, Katheryn Grant)
  • Siren of Bagdad('53 Paul Henreid, Patricia Medina, Hans Conreid, Charlie Lung)
  • Son of Sinbad ('55 Dale Robertson, Sally Forrest,Lili St. Cyr, Vincent Price)
  • The Sword of Ali Baba ('65 Peter Mann, Jocelyn Lane)
  • + The Thief of Bagdad (Silent,'24 Douglas Fairbanks, Jullanne Johnston, Anna May Wong, Sojin)
  • The Thief of Bagdad ('40 Tim Whelan, Michael Powell, Sabu, June Duprez, Conrad Veidt)
  • Thief of Bagdad (Italy,'61 Steve Reeves, Giorgia Moll, Arturo Dominici)
  • The Thief of Bagdad ('78 Roddy McDowall, Peter Ustinov, Kabir Bedi, Frank Finlay, Maria Vlady, Terrence Stamp, Pavla Ustinov, Ian Holm)
  • Thief of Damascus ('52 Paul Henreid, John Sutton, Jeff Donnell, Lon Caney, Jr. Elena Verdugo)
  • A Thousand and One Nights ('45 Cornel Wilde, Evelyn Keyes, Phil Silvers)
  • A Thousand and One Nights (Spain,'68 Jeff Cooper, Raf Vallone, Luciana Paluzzi)
  • The Wind and the Lion ('75 John Millius. Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith, John Huston)
  • The Wizard of Baghdad ('60 George Sherman. Dick Shawn, Diane Baker, Barry Coe)
  • The Wonders of Alladin ('61 Henry Levin, Mario Bava. Donald O'Connor, Noelle Adam, Vittorio De Sica, Aldo Fabrizzi)

• CHINESE / MONGOLIAN

  (There are thousands upon thousands of Chinese martial arts movies. I tried to include those here that I was reasonably certain had some correspondent interest, ie: set in a medieval period or having a sword-fight in it.)

  • + Big Trouble in Little China ('86 John Carpenter. Kurt Russel, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dunn, Jamesn Hong, Victor Wong, Kate Burton, Suzee Pai)
  • The Blade (Hong Kong '95 Tsui Hark. Chiu Man Chuk, Hung Yan Yan, Song Li)
  • The Bride With White Hair (Hong Kong'93 Ronny Yu. Brigitte Lin, Ching Hsia, Leslie Cheung)
  • The Bride With White Hair 2 (Hong Kong, David Wi. Brigitte Lin, Ching Hsia, Christy Chung, Leslie Cheung)
  • ! Chinese Ghost Story (Hong Kong)
  • ! Chinese Ghost Story 2 (Hong Kong)
  • ! Chinese Ghost Story 3 (Hong Kong)
  • + The Conqueror (John Wayne as Gengis Khan)
  • Dragon from Shaolin (Hong Kong, Ha Sau Hin. Yuen Bao, Sik Siu Loong, Fok Siu Man)
  • The Emperor and the Assassin ('99)
  • % Enter the Dragon (Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Bolo Yeung)
  • The Golden Horde ('51 George Sherman. Ann Blyth, David Farrar, George Macready, Henry Brandon, Richard Egan. Crusaders meet Mongol horde)
  • Last Hurrah for Chivalry (Hong Kong, John Woo. Wei Pai, Damian Lau)
  • Magnificent Bodyguards (Hong Kong, Jackie Chan)
  • The Magnificent Warriors
  • The Millionaire's Express (Hong Kong, Sammo Hung. Sammo Hung, Yuen Bao, Yuen Baio, Yukari Oshima, Cynthia Rothrock, Richard Norton)
  • The Mongols (Italy,'61 Jack Palance, Anita Ekberg)
  • + Mulan (Animated '98 Disney)
  • Once Opon a Time in China (Hong Kong. Jet Li)
  • + Once Opon a Time in China 2 (Hong Kong. Jet Li)
  • Once Opon a Time in China 3 (Hong Kong. Jet Li)
  • Once Opon a Time in China 4 (Hong Kong. Jet Li)
  • + Once Opon a Time in China 5 (Hong Kong. Jet Li)
  • % Once Opon a Time in China and America (Hong Kong. Jet Li)
  • % Peking Opera Blues (Hong Kong,'86 Tsui Hark)
  • Princess Yang Kwei Fei (Japan,'55 Kenji Mizoguchi, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori)
  • % The Shadow ('94 Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller, Peter Boyle, Ian Mckellen, Tim Curry, Jonathan Winters, James Hong, John Kapelos)
  • Shaolin Against Lama (Hong Kong '85, Robert Chang)
  • Shaolin and Wu Tang (Hong Kong, Lu Ka Fai. L. K. F., Adam Cheng, Chen Yuk Yien)
  • ! The Silk Road (Made in Japan, set in China,'88 Toshiuki Nishida, Koichi Sato, Anna Nakagawa, Tsunehiko Watase. Prologue by Saul & Elaine Bass)
  • Wu Tang Clan (Hong Kong, Wu Ma. Ti Lung, Shi Szu, Tan Tao Liang, Chan Wai Man, Jun Shu Mea)
  • Wu Tang Master (Hong Kong, Yuen Woo Ping. Yuen Brothers, Kao Hsiung)
  • Wu Tang Temple (Hong Kong, Chen Chi Hwa. Simon Yuen Jr., Liu Hao Yi, Chang Yi Tao)
  • Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (Hong Kong, Tsui Hark. Ha Guang-Li, Norman Tsui, Damian, Lau, Adam Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Judy Ong, Sammo Hung, Yuen Bao, Moon Lee, Man Hoi)

• JAPANESE
  • Black Ninja (Godfrey Ho. Chris Kelley)
  • % Black Rain (Ridley Scott. Michael Douglas)
  • + The Bushido Blade (Richard Boone, Toshiro Mifune, James Earl Jones)
  • Enter the Ninja
  • The 47 Ronin (several dozen versions of this story were made in Japan)
  • Gate of Hell (Japan,'53)
  • GI Samurai (Hong Kong, Sonny Chiba)
  • + Ghost Warrior
  • Heaven and Earth (Japan,'90)
  • ! The Hidden Fortress (Japan,'58 Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune)
  • ! Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior, '80 Akira Kurosawa)
  • Kwaidan ('64 Japan)
  • Lightning Swords of Death (Japan,'74 Tomisaburom Wakayama, part of Sword of Vengeance series, w/ Lone Wolf and Cub)
  • Lone Wolf and Cub (Japan)
    • Babycart in Peril (Saito Buiche. Wakayama Tomisaburo, Hayashi Yoichi, Yamamura So, Azuma Michi)
    • Babycart on the River Styx (Misumi Kenji. Wakayama Tomisaburo, Otki Minoru, Matuo Kago)
    • Babycart to Hades (Misumi Kenji. Wakayama Tomisaburo, Kato Go, Hama Yuko)
    • Shogun Assassin (Japan, Wakayama Tomisaburo)
    • Sword of Vengeance (Misumi Kenji. Wakayama Tomisaburo, Watanabe Fumio, Ito Yunosuke)
  • Mishima ('85 Ken Ogata)
  • Night of the Ninja (Bob Chan. Esther Saura, Ron MacDunn, Paul John Stanners)
  • Ninja Brother's of Blood (Raymond Woo. Fonda Lynn, Marcus Gibson, Brian McClave, Jonathan Soper)
  • The Ninja Mission (Mats Helge. Christopher Kohlberg, Hanna Pola, Bo F. Munthe)
  • ! Ran (Japan, Akira Kurosawa)
  • ! Samurai Rebellion (Japan, Toshiro Mifune)
  • ! Samurai Trilogy (Japan, Toshiro Mifune)
  • + Sanjuro (Japan, Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune)
  • Sword of Adventure (Japan, Misumi Kenji. Ichikawa Raizo, Fujimara Shiho, Takadamiwa, Kubo Naoko, Katoo Yoshi)
  • ! Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune)
  • ! Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune)
  • Ghost Warrior ('84 J. Larry Carroll. Hiroshi Fujioki, Janet Julian, Charles Lamkin)
  • ! Ran (Japan,'85 Akira Kurosawsa. Tatsuya Nakadai, Peter)
  • + Rashamon (Japan,'50 Akira Kurosawa. Toshiro Mifune)
  • % Red Sun ('72 Charles Bronson, Ursula Andress, Toshiro Mifune, Alain Delon, Capucine. Western)
  • Revenge of the Ninja ('83 Sho Kosugi)
  • % Samurai (Italy. Eli Wallach. Western)
  • Sansho the Bailiff (Japan,'54 Kenji Mizoguchi. Kinuyo Tanaka, Kisho Hanayagi, Kyoko Kagawa)
  • ! The Seven Samurai (Japan,'54 Akira Kurosawa. Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura)
  • ! Shogun ('80 Richard Camberlain, Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Shimada, John Rhys-Davies)
  • Shogun Assasin (Japan,'81 Tomisaburo Wakayama, Masahiro Tomikawa. American release from the Lone Wolf and Cub series)
  • + Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III ('93 Elias Koteas,Paige Tucco, Vivian Wu)
  • Ugetsu (Japan,'53 Kenji Mizoguchi. Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori)
  • Vampire Raiders: Ninja Queen ('89 Agnes Chan, Carmella N. Hall)
  • Wolfen Ninja (Pearl Cheung)
  • The Yakuza (Brotherhood of the Yakuza,'75 Sydney Pollack. Robert Mitchum, Takakura Ken, Brian Keith, Herb Edelman, Richard Jordan, Kishi Keiko)
  • Zatoichi
  • + Zatoichi meets Yojimbo (Toshiro Mifune)

• OTHER ASIAN
  • Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love ('96 India)
  • Little Buddha ('93 Bernardo Bertolucci, Keanu Reeves, Chris Isaak, Bridget Fonda)
  • Omar Khayyam ('57 Cornel Wilde, Debra Paget, John Derek, Raymond Massey, Michael Rennie)

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