UCLA Center for East Asian Studies
Asian Films Nominated for
"Oscars"
Countries are permitted to submit one film a year for consideration in the foreign language film category. The information in the chart below was drawn from the MPAA database <http://wwwdb.oscars.org/awards_db/index.html>. The country listed is that which submitted the film. Submission rules and selection procedures (the so-called "Rule Thirteen") are available at: <http://www.oscars.org/73academyawards/73rules/rule13.html>.
Film Country/Region Year Chunhyang South Korea 2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Hong Kong 2000 Caravan Nepal 1999 Eat Drink Man Woman Taiwan 1994 Farewell My Concubine Hong Kong 1993 The Scent of the Green Papaya Vietnam 1993 The Wedding Banquet Taiwan 1993 Raise the Red Lantern Hong Kong 1991 Ju Dou China 1990 Salaam Bombay! India 1988 Muddy River Japan 1981 Kagemusha Japan 1980 Sandakan No. 8 Japan 1975 Dodes'ka-Den Japan 1971 Portrait of Chieko Japan 1967 Kwaidan Japan 1965 Woman in the Dunes Japan 1964 Twin Sisters of Kyoto Japan 1963 Immortal Love Japan 1961 Mother India India 1957 Burmese Harp Japan 1956 Each year from 1948 to 1955, the Academy awarded a single "Honorary Foreign Language Film Award.
| Samurai, The Legend of Musashi | Japan | 1955 |
| Gate of Hell | Japan | 1954 |
| Rashomon | Japan | 1951 |
Here is a list of films submitted by Asian national film boards for the year 1999. It was compiled from lists available at <http://www.filmfestivals.com/academy/oscar_2000/3_foreign/foroscar1.htm>.
| Phörpa (The Cup) | Bhutan (Khyentse Norbu, dir.) |
| Huang He Jue Lian (Lover's Grief Over The Yellow River) | China (Feng Xiaoning, dir.) |
| Chin Yin Man Yu (Ordinary Heroes) | Hong Kong (Ann Hui, dir.) |
| Earth | India (Deepa Mehta, dir.), Indian-Canadian coproduction |
| Sri | Indonesia (Marselli Sumarno, dir.) |
| Poppoya Tetsudo-en (Poppoya: Railroad Man) | Japan (Ken Takakura, dir.) |
| Himalaya: L'Enfance D'Un Chef (Caravan) | Nepal (Eric Valli, dir. -- French-Nepalese production in French) |
| Saranggola (The Kite) | Philippines (Gil M. Portes, dir.) |
| Xing Fu Jin Xing Qu (The March of Happiness) | Taiwan (Lin Chen-sheng, dir.) |
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