Akira
anime film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo
Battle Royale
Japanese horror film directed by Kinji Fukasaku that was influenced by real world experiences; influenced by homegrown Japanese terrorist cult, the youth A killings and the reforms that followed; based off a book
Sujata
Indian film directed by Bimal Roy about the caste system; considered an early Bollywood film; Nutan as Sujata and Sunil Dutt as Adhir
Devi
regional art house film directed by Satyajit Ray revolving around the Hindu goddess Kali; Sharmila Tagore plays Dayamoyee; Sumitra Chatterjee plays Umaprasad; Chhabi Biswas plays Kalikinar Chouduri
Deewaar
golden age film directed by Yosh Chopra that represented india's angry young men; film admired by powerless working class young men; starred Shashi Kapoor as Ravi, Nirupa Roy as the mother, Amitabha Bachchan as Vijay, Parveen Babi as Anita
DDLJ
diaspora film directed by Aditya Chopra about Hindustani identity and the Indian diaspora; starring Shah Rukh Khan as Raj, Kajol as Simran, and Amrish Puri as the father
Monsoon Wedding
diaspora film directed by Mira Nair about a wedding in the Punjab region; Naseeruddin Shah as Lalit, Vasundhara as Aditi, Vijay Raaz as Dubey
1947: Earth
diaspora film directed by Deepa Mehta about the partition of India; Nandita Das as Shanta (hindu), Aamir Khan as Dil (ice candy man muslim), Rahul Khanna as Hassan (muslim)
Japanese Horror
gnere of Japanese film that was popular during the 1990s and 2000s; called Kaidan: J-horror; includes Ringu, Audition, Pulse, Suicide Circle, and Battle Royale
Pinku
Japanese film genre of the 1970s-1980s that dealt with eroticism and violence; grew out of new wave; films like Realm of the Senses, Sex and Fury, and Wife to be Sacrificed
Devdas
early Indian film starring Kundanlal Saigal around Hindu stories
Apu trilogy
Sayjit Ray Bengal film created during the Golden Age that was filmed over several years
Katsuhiro Otomo
directed Akira
Kinji Fukasaka
directed Battle Royale
Yash Chopra
directed Deewaar
Aditya Chopra
directed DDLJ
Bimal Roy
directed Sujata
Satyajit Ray
directed Bengal films like Devi and The Apu Trilogy
Mira Nair
directed the diaspora film Monsoon Wedding
Deepa Mehta
directed the diaspora films Fire, Earth, and Water
Amitabh Bachchan
actor who played Vijay in Deewaar
Tillotama Shome
actress who played Alice in Monsoon Wedding
Rahul Khanna
actor who played Hassan in Earth
Aamir Khan
actor who played Dil (ice candy man) in Earth
Nandita Das
actress who played Shanta in Earth
Shefali Shah
actress who played Ria in Monsoon Wedding
Vasundhara Das
actress who played Aditi Verma in Monsoon Wedding
Naseeruddin Shah
actor who played Lalit in Monsoon Wedding
Amrish Puri
actor who played Simran's father Chaudry in DDLJ
Kajol
actress who played Simran in DDLJ
Shah Rukh Khan
actor who played Raj in DDLJ
Parveen Babi
actress who played Anita in Deewaar
Nirupa Roy
actress who played Sumitra (the mother) in Deewaar
Shashi Kapoor
actor who played Ravi in Deewaar
Chhabi Biswas
actor who plays Kalikinar (the father) in Devi
Soumitra Chatterjee
actor who plays Umaprasad (the husband) in Devi
Sharmila Tagore
actress who plays Dayamoyee in Devi
Sunil Dutt
actor who plays Adhir in Sujata
Nutan
actress who plays Sujata in Sujata
Aum Shinrikyo
homegrown japanese cult founded by Shoko Asahara in 1984 that influenced Battle Royale; committed a terrorist attack in Nagano and Tokyo by releasing Sarin gas
Youth A
student who killed a number of children in Kobe, Japan; taunted authorities with published statements as if he were playing a game; influenced Battle Royale and incited reforms with new catchphrases like Zest for Life
Dadasaheb Phalke
considered the father of Indian filmmaking
Mahabharata and Ramayana
Indian Hindu stories that many early indian films were based around
Kundalal Saigal
starred in the film Devdas, an early Indian film (1928/1935)
Raj Kapoor
was first Bollywood star who starred in Vagabond in the 1950s