East asian culture, languages, martial arts, taijiquan, qigong, aikido, horse riding, social anthropology, psychology, photography
Music
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Movies
Last Samurai, Carlito's Way, The Promise, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Fight Club, Shirley Valentine, Equilibrium, Battle Royale, Lost in Translation, Devils on the Doorstep, old Samurai or black and white Japanese films (Rashomon, Red Beard, The Bad Sleep Well, Seven Samurai, Akira Kurosawa), anime (Akira, Ninja Scroll, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro), Bond films
Television
Wuxia and Taiga dramas (Toshiie to Matsu, Xiang Ao Jiang Hu), intelligent documentaries (Dan Cruickshank's 'Around the world in 80 treasures', Paul Merton does China, Chinese School, 'Alternative Therapies' you get the idea ...), Chris Crudelli's martial arts programmes, BBC Learning Zone/OU language programmes, sometimes soaps (Emmerdale, Neighbours, Home and Away) or American dramas about incredibly rich young people (The OC/Rich Girls/Osbournes/Gossip Girl) to lighten the load :)
