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Asian refers to an inhabitant of Asia, or someone of Asian descent.
In the Americas, Australia and New Zealand the term refers to those from the Asia pacific region, such as China, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, due to common features found in the region.
In the United Kingdom and some other Commonwealth countries, the term refers more frequently to those from the Indian subcontinent.
Asian or Asiatic may also refer to:
Asian people or Asiatic people is a term with multiple meanings that refers to people who descend from a portion of Asia's population.
Native ethnic groups of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan self-identify themselves as Asian. They are also recognized as Asian by Russians and Chinese.[citation needed]
This self-identification is based phenotypically, and on cultural differences from Russians, as these countries used to be parts of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, and therefore have significant Russian populations. Another reason for such self-identification is patriotic: "the native people of the Center of Asia - are undoubtedly Asians".[citation needed]
In parts of anglophone Africa, especially East Africa and South Africa, and in parts of the Anglophone Caribbean, the term "Asian" is more commonly associated with people of South Asian origin, particularly Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and Sri Lankans.
Notably, the Australian Census includes Central Asia, a region that is often considered to be part of the Greater Middle East. The Australian Census includes four regions of Asia in its official definition. Defined by the 2006–2011 Australian Census, three broad groups have the word Asian included in their name: Central and Southern Asian, South-East Asian and North-East Asian. Russians are classified as Southern and Eastern Europeans while Middle Easterners are classified as North African and Middle Easterners.
Actors: Jackie Chan (producer), Frankie Chan (writer), Brett Ratner (producer), Qi Shu (actress), Ken Lo (actor), Jackie Chan (writer), Oliver Platt (actor), Daniel Wu (actor), Jackie Chan (producer), Andrew Dasz (actor), Steven Dasz (actor), Jackie Chan (actor), Stephen Chang (actor), Jackie Chan (director), Nathan Wang (composer),
Plot: Asian Hawk ('Jackie Chan (I)' (qv)) leads a mercenary team to recover several lost artifacts from the Old Summer Palace, the bronze heads of the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals which was looted by foreigners in the 1800s. Assisted by a Chinese student and a Parisian lady, Hawk stops at nothing to accomplish the mission.
Keywords: 1850s, artifact, auction, boathouse, bogus-reporter, british, bronze, castle, chinese-history, chinese-zodiacActors: Todd J. Lajoie (writer), Todd J. Lajoie (editor), Todd J. Lajoie (director), Michael Place (director), Michael Place (writer), Rick Wheeler (miscellaneous crew), Rick Wheeler (actor), Rick Wheeler (writer), Ross Boyd (writer), Ross Boyd (composer), Emily Boyd (writer), Emily Boyd (actress), Patricia Zorawowicz (miscellaneous crew), Ryan Poirier (actor), James Baclagon (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Hippolyte Girardot (actor), Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (actress), Margaret Ménégoz (producer), Romain Goupil (actor), Romain Goupil (director), Romain Goupil (writer), Laurence Granec (miscellaneous crew), Pierre Cadeac (miscellaneous crew), Florence Muller (actress), Jean-Marie Frin (actor), Philippe Chaine (actor), Laurence Briaud (editor), Sissi Duparc (actress), Alice Butaud (actress), Karine Menard (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama,Actors: David Fine (actor), Tim Scanlon (actor), Dustin Bricker (miscellaneous crew), Erica Leerhsen (actress), James Zahn (actor), Igor Stevanovic (miscellaneous crew), Kirk LaSalle (actor), Daniel Trinh (actor), Kellyn Lindsay (actress), John Roome (composer), Michael Coonce (director), Matthew S. Harrison (actor), Michael Coonce (producer), Michael Coonce (actor), Michael Coonce (writer),
Plot: In 1993, Solvay, NY Deputies responding to a missing persons report, found the body of missing James Connelly (18) and the body of Joe Gainard (60's). All evidence pointed to Joe as the killer of James, but before he could leave the scene, Joe died of natural causes. Almost as soon as the bodies were discovered, people began disappearing for no reason other than they were at the railroad tracks, between Railroad Markers 313-330. Ten years later, Michele Connelly, James's older sister and New York Journal Reporter returns from New York City to investigate what actually happened to her brother and the more than thirty people who have disappeared since. From the beginning, her questions and attempts to find the truth are road blocked by local Sheriff Pete Scoggins. His impression upon Michele is that what happened is in the past and it is time to move on. Michele instinctively knows he is hiding something, but what? Michele talks to local farmers to find out more. They inform her that after Joe's death, the Sheriff banned anyone from going out to the Railroad Tracks where the crime happened. They also tell her that over twenty bodies were discovered in Joe's old cornfield after it was sold to a new owner. The bodies that were found date back as far as fifty years since they were last seen alive. Soon, Michele finds herself feeling as if she is part of the story she is investigating.
Keywords: character-name-in-title, independent-film, policeActors: Shaun Parker (actor), Roy Vongtama (actor), Samantha Davis (miscellaneous crew), Ravi Patel (actor), Brian Metran (actor), Frank Krueger (actor), Mitsuyo Miyazaki (actress), Mitsuyo Miyazaki (actress), Wendy J.N. Lee (editor), Viji Nathan (actress), Douglas N. Hachiya (actor), Julia Cho (actress), Shilpi Roy (writer), Shilpi Roy (director), Kosha Patel (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: David Fine (actor), Tim Scanlon (actor), Dustin Bricker (miscellaneous crew), Erica Leerhsen (actress), James Zahn (actor), Igor Stevanovic (miscellaneous crew), Kirk LaSalle (actor), Daniel Trinh (actor), Kellyn Lindsay (actress), John Roome (composer), Michael Coonce (director), Matthew S. Harrison (actor), Michael Coonce (producer), Michael Coonce (actor), Michael Coonce (writer),
Plot: In 1993, Solvay, NY Deputies responding to a missing persons report, found the body of missing James Connelly (18) and the body of Joe Gainard (60's). All evidence pointed to Joe as the killer of James, but before he could leave the scene, Joe died of natural causes. Almost as soon as the bodies were discovered, people began disappearing for no reason other than they were at the railroad tracks, between Railroad Markers 313-330. Ten years later, Michele Connelly, James's older sister and New York Journal Reporter returns from New York City to investigate what actually happened to her brother and the more than thirty people who have disappeared since. From the beginning, her questions and attempts to find the truth are road blocked by local Sheriff Pete Scoggins. His impression upon Michele is that what happened is in the past and it is time to move on. Michele instinctively knows he is hiding something, but what? Michele talks to local farmers to find out more. They inform her that after Joe's death, the Sheriff banned anyone from going out to the Railroad Tracks where the crime happened. They also tell her that over twenty bodies were discovered in Joe's old cornfield after it was sold to a new owner. The bodies that were found date back as far as fifty years since they were last seen alive. Soon, Michele finds herself feeling as if she is part of the story she is investigating.
Keywords: character-name-in-title, independent-film, policeActors: Penélope Cruz (actress), Irene Papas (actress), David Morrissey (actor), Gerasimos Skiadaressis (actor), Patrick Malahide (actor), Vincent Riotta (actor), Nicolas Cage (actor), Stephen Chang (actor), Christian Bale (actor), Roberto Citran (actor), John Hurt (actor), Mihalis Giannatos (actor), Francesco Cabras (actor), Liza Chasin (producer), Tim Bevan (producer),
Plot: In 1941, Italy allies with Germany and ruthlessly conquers the much weaker country of Greece. On a remote Greek island, an Italian artillery garrison is established to maintain order. One Italian officer, Captain Corelli, adopts an attitude of mutual co-existence with the Greeks and engages in such activities as music festivals and courting the daughter of a local doctor. In 1943, however, after Italy surrenders to the Allies and changes sides in the war, Captain Corelli must defend the Greek island against a German invasion.
Keywords: 1940s, airplane, albania, allied-forces, argostoli-cephallonia-greece, band, bare-breasts, based-on-book, beach, beach-partyActors: Elena Safonova (actress), Aleksandr Demyanenko (actor), Sergey Zhigunov (actor), Georgiy Shtil (actor), Mamuka Kikaleishvili (actor), Anatoli Slivnikov (actor), Marina Mogilevskaya (actress), Anatoliy Ravikovich (actor), Semyon Strugachyov (actor), Sergey Snezhkin (actor), Semyon Furman (actor), Aleksandr Golutva (producer), Yuriy Galtsev (actor), Igor Kopylov (actor), Kira Kreylis-Petrova (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Crime,Actors: Jack Elliott (composer), Linda Purl (actress), Sam Malkin (actor), Robert Halmi Jr. (producer), Wendy Crewson (actress), Robert Halmi Sr. (producer), Rachel Ticotin (actress), Ed Begley Jr. (actor), Harry Anderson (actor), Louis Di Bianco (actor), Vince Nyuli (miscellaneous crew), James Frawley (director), Hrant Alianak (actor), Jefferson Mappin (actor), Paul Coeur (actor),
Plot: In this spoof of spy films, Alan, a U.N. translator, and his kindergarten teacher wife, Beverly, get roped into helping foil a presidential assassination plot by an unlikely G-man-who just so happens to look like Alan's old college buddy, Freddie. But before "Freddie" can finger the real hired-gun-a cold-hearted killer with a penchant for using kitchen tools to do the deed-he, Alan, and Beverly must first rule out some strange and unusual suspects!
Keywords: comma-in-title, punctuation-in-title, rhyme-in-title, spyActors: Frank Williams (actor), Andrew Sachs (actor), Peter Butterworth (actor), Graham Stark (actor), John Le Mesurier (actor), Graham Stark (producer), Derek Ford (writer), Derek Ford (director), Jack Douglas (actor), Cardew Robinson (actor), Bill Pertwee (actor), Richard Marden (editor), Keith Smith (actor), Kate Harper (actress), Ronnie Brody (actor),
Genres: Comedy,