Asian cinema is an incredible and original world. Films from Japan, China and South Korea are strikingly different from Hollywood or Russian cinema. In Asia there is a completely different school, a different film language, a different philosophy. From this and the cinema is different. But how were Eastern film schools formed? Which directors changed the history of cinema? And what films should you start with to get acquainted with the mysterious world of Asian cinema? This book will tell you about how the cinema of China, South Korea and Japan was born - from the first films to the present day. Which films became masterpieces and which directors became legends. Although cinema appeared in Europe, it was reborn in Asia!