Movie suggestions:
- Ilo Ilo (Singapore, 2013) [Asian Financial Crisis, Family Life]
- Laksar Pelangi (Indonesia, 2008) [School Kids in the 70s]
- Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Thailand, 2010) [1960-present, reincarnation]
- The Vertical Ray of the Sun (Vietnam, 2001) [Women in modern Hanoi]
- Throne of Blood (Japan, 1957) [Samurai Macbeth]
- Kano (Taiwan, 2014) [Baseball in Japanese occupied Taiwan]
- Monsoon Wedding (India, 2001) [Modern India]
- Earth (India, 1998) [India/Pakistan Partition]
- To Live (China, 1994) [Communist China]
- Jodha Akbar (India, 2008) [Mughal India]