10 must-see Asian sci-fi movies below the radar, from S. Shankar's Enthiran to Joko Anwar's Gundala

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From Blade Runner to Star Wars, science fiction remains one of the most popular cinematic genres. In Asia, Japan has dominated science fiction filmmaking since Godzilla's atomically mutated head first loomed above Tokyo Bay, but recent years have seen other countries' film industries, not least those of China and South Korea, score big at the box office with movies like...

Louis Koo in a still from Warriors of Future, the sci-fi blockbuster that finally opens in Hong Kong cinemas this week. There are plenty of great Asian sci-fi films that have gone below the radar.From Blade Runner to Star Wars, science fiction remains one of the most popular cinematic genres.

From micro-budget gems to regional success stories still searching for global acclaim, here, listed in chronological order, are 10 great examples of envelope-pushing entertainment from around Asia that might have passed you by.A commercial disaster upon its original release, writer-director Jang Joon-hwan's debut feature has since accumulated a voracious cult following, and it now ranks alongside the very best films from the Korean New Wave.

Mitsuhiro Oikawa plays Kohei, an astronaut who dies in space only to be replicated in a lab back on earth. Jaycee Chan plays the eponymous hero, an obsessive gamer with a bizarre time displacement disorder which distorts his perception.

 

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