best recent asian films

With a plethora of tantalizing cinematic offerings, it’s debatable as to whether one could fully appreciate Asian cinema or merely try to keep up. At the end of the year, there are still copious titles on my ‘must see’ list, some of which actually made their festival debuts back in 2018 or before, but I’m confident that the following films would have made a strong impression even if gifted with unlimited viewing time. the list is in no particular order.