(original challenge)

progress: 17/52

all films are first watches.
reviews are tagged under #asiancc2025

prompts:
Week 1 - Silent Film From Asia
🌏Week 2 - Shomin-geki: Japanese Home Dramas
Week 3 - Asian Cinema With International Awards Recognition
🌏Week 4 - Korean Film Archive Top 100
Week 5 - Made in Vietnam
Week 6 - Southeast Asia Top 100
🌏Week 7 - Iranian New Wave
🌏Week 8 - Middle East Top 100
🌏Week 9 - Cinema of Palestine
🌏Week 10 - Indian Experimental/ Alternative Cinema
🌏Week 11 - Asian Coming of Age Films
Week 12 - Top 100 Yakuza Films
🌏Week 13 - Top 100 Hong Kong
Week 14 - Directed by Jia Zhangke
Week 15 - Asian Slow Cinema
Week 16 - K or J Horror
Week 17 - Directed by Tsai Ming-liang, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, or Edward Yang
Week 18 - Category III Hong Kong Sleaze
Week 19 - Cinema of Pakistan
Week 20 - Mainland China Top 100
Week 21 - Directed by Lav Diaz
🌏Week 22 - Made in Thailand
Week 23 - Indian Horror
🌏Week 24 - Korean New Wave
🌏Week 25 - Filipino Top 250
Week 26 - Directed by Chinese Woman
Week 27 - Scored by Toru Takemitsu
Week 28 - Asian LGBTQ
Week 29 - Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita
🌏Week 30 - Directed by Korean Woman
Week 31 - Critically Beloved Anime
Week 32 - Cinema of Central Asia
Week 33 - Composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Week 34 - Taiwanese film from the Top 100 NOT directed by Tsai Ming-liang, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, or Edward Yang
Week 35 - Directed by Japanese Woman
Week 36 - Wuxia Films
Week 37 - Directed by Naoko Ogigami
Week 38 - Chinese Animation
🌏Week 39 - Chinese Dissident Cinema
Week 40 - Taiyōzoku/Sun Tribe Films
Week 41 - Directed by Tsui Hark
Week 42 - Made in Indonesia
🌏Week 43 - Made in Turkey
🌏Week 44 - Directed by Hong Sang-soo
Week 45 - Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi
🌏Week 46 - Made in Singapore
Week 47 - Golden Harvest Studio
Week 48 - Seishun Eiga: New Japanese Cinema
Week 49 - Asian American Cinema
🌏Week 50 - Directed by Arab Women
Week 51 - Watch the Original: Asian Edition
Week 52 - The Asian film that has been on your watchlist the longest.