Documentaries : Asia

A major documentary which tells the remarkable story of the people of South East Asia who fought three wars over three decades to gain their freedom using entirely original colour archive footage....

Legendary martial artist Bruce Lee is the subject of this thoughtful documentary by Lee aficionado John Little. Using interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and action sequences from Lee's last (unfinished) film, Game of Death, Little paints a textured, complex portrait of the world's most famous act...

More than just a biography, this film explores Bruce Lee's global impact to see how he has influenced all areas of popular culture including fitness, cinema, music, sport, dance, video games and philosophy. A journey across the United States, Asia and Europe, takes Shannon Lee on a trip back to her ...

The gripping documentary expose into the life and death of North Koreans as they try to escape their homeland and China...

For one year Dispatches follows the police and people of Islamabad as Pakistans capital battles to overcome an unprecedented wave of terrorist attacks providing a powerful insight into a normally closed world in which everyone battles to survive the daily threat of death with courage and resilience....

A documentary where Jackie Chan and his stuntman team show you the secrets of some of the great stunts they do in films. The film also takes you on the sets of "Who Am I?" and "Rush Hour"....

The Lost World of Tibet: Dan Cruickshank presents this illuminating documentary about life in Tibet prior to the brutal Chinese occupation of 1950. Colour films dating back to that period have been carefully restored, revealing significant details about Tibetan culture, which was very insular and re...

In four episodes of about 55 minutes each, this PBS documentary examines some of the major challenges facing contemporary Chinese society. The first episode, "Power and the People", focuses on the Communist Party’s rule of China. Topics include government opposition to separatism ...

Jonathan Ross presents this three part documentary about Asian cinema. He focuses on films from Japan, Hong Kong and Korea....

Top Fighter: Welcome to the world of the martial arts. A voyage for the times of the martial arts cinema, from the beginning in China in the 6th Century A.C. by a Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma, until the actual time and the influence in the world, with interviews to actors and historians, and a review ...