Asian SF/F (not Japan)

[oyceter]

Hi! I am lazy and depending on the goodwill of the internet to help with research!

So: tell me about Asian SF/F!

It must be:

• Created in Asia by Asians


• NOT from Japan


• Any medium


• Bonus points if I can get my hands on it (I am in the US and read/understand Mandarin Chinese)


• Extra bonus points for SF/F from and/or about Southeast Asia or South Asia

I have a slightly better sense of SF/F created in Asia and popular in the US, though if you have notes for your specific country, that would also be good! Please note: NOT from Japan.

For self: rachelmanija's notes on Indian SF/F

ETA:
Korea:
- Pahanjip (Korean folklore + Tang China ghost hunters, manhwa)
- Bride of the Water God (Korean folklore (?) + alternate world + beast bridegroom, manhwa)

China:
- Swordsman II

Comments

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

OK, this is not going to be useful, but if you or anyone else knows it, I'd love to find this: once, on play.com,* while I was buying Shiri (http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/122750/Shiri/Product.html) (Korean film about an assassin) I saw a link to another Korean film set in the mid 21st century, and featuring timetravel back to our present. I think it was a sort of "time corps protecting the timeline/good cop-bad cop" type of film.

*(playusa.com has region 1 dvds).

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

I've asked my flist (http://daegaer.livejournal.com/887035.html) to chime in if they know anything that would fit requirements.

A few films

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

alita_b_angel suggested The Host (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468492/) (Korean, monster comes out of river).

seraphim_grace suggested The Bride with white Hair (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106342/) (Hong Kong, heroic fantasy) and Rouge (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093258/plotsummary) (Hong Kong, ghost story).

weyrlady suggests The Hole (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156610/) (Taiwan) and 2046 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212712/plotsummary) (Hong Kong).

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

This film has been tracked down by minotaurs! It's 2009: Lost Memories (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Lost_Memories), and is alternate history about a Japan-dominated Korea. When the Korean detective discovers the real timeline, he changes history to match it.

minotaurs also suggested Maureen McHugh's China Mountain Zhang - I know it doesn't fit some of your requirements, but might be interesting as a contrast or for opening a discussion on Asians in Western SF/Asians in Asian SF?

[jiawen]

I have 2009: Lost Memories. I didn't like it much. It has a really interesting premise, and the cinematography is quite good, but every Japanese character in it is evil -- every single one.